Event Information

 Live in person hours at SC Bar Conference Center, 1501 Park St, Columbia, SC 29201. Includes Satellite Sites see below for locations and addresses.

For years the South Carolina Bar has invited internationally acclaimed trial advocacy instructor, Mark Drummond, to present From File to Trial: 8 Keys to Success in Court and Beyond.  Within weeks after the pandemic shut down most court systems, Judge Drummond designed a course on remote advocacy for which he received the first ever National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Leadership Service Award for the “Creation and Launch of Remote Advocacy Courses.”  As the Executive Director of the Civil Jury Project at NYU School of Law he launched one of the first model remote jury trials.  During the pandemic he presented webinars to thousands of attorneys and provided one-on-one coaching to hundreds of attorneys on remote advocacy techniques for trials, motions and depositions. 

This program incorporates the lessons of the 8 Keys into all aspects of litigation including tips and techniques that apply to motions, discovery, depositions and appeals, in addition to trial.  You will learn tips and techniques for remote advocacy as well as in-person advocacy and the e advantages and disadvantages of each. 

We’ll conclude the day with an hour of legal ethics, discussing The Key to the art of persuasion whether in the courtroom or over a remote platform. 

This is going to be one program you do not want to miss! 

To Register for the Live Webcast click here. (Live Webcast DOES NOT count as "live" hours). 

About The Speaker

The Honorable Mark A. Drummond (ret.) has devoted over 40 years to the art of persuasion, first as a successful trial lawyer for 20 years and then as a trial judge for 20 years.  Since leaving the bench, Mark Drummond has returned to the courtroom as an advocate. 

Judge Drummond has been asked to train advocates on five continents. United Nations War Crimes Tribunal prosecutors asked him to train prosecutors at the Hague and in Arusha, Tanzania. He has trained advocates for the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federated Bar Association of Japan and the Beijing and Shanghai Arbitration Commissions. He has trained advocates throughout the United States and his work overseas includes trainings in Tokyo,

Beijing, Shanghai, Tasmania, Tanzania, Vienna, Zurich, the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, New College Oxford, Keble College Oxford, Nottingham Law School, Scotland, Ireland, Kosovo, Macedonia, Myanmar and the Navajo Nation. For years he has been the NITA program director for teacher training in New York City. He is the recipient of the Hon. Robert E. Keeton outstanding faculty award from NITA.

Seminar Locations
Attendees can register to attend in person at the SC Bar Conference Center in Columbia, or one of the 2 other locations listed below. All 3 sites count as "in-person" MCLE hours. Please make your selection during the registration process. 

• Columbia: SC Bar Conference Center, 1501 Park Street.
•  Charleston: Charleston School of Law, 385 Meeting Street, 1st Floor-Classroom 104 
•  Greenville: The University Center, 225 S. Pleasantburg Drive (enter the building where all the college flags are) Rm 514.