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Welcome to the world of juvenile delinquency! This FREE ZOOM CLE will help Florida practitioners better represent the best interests of children in juvenile delinquency court. Through video demonstration and expert panel discussion, this CLE will take you from the earliest phases of a delinquency case, highlight the differences (and similarities) between delinquency and adult [...]

This first CLE in the series presents an introduction to the deposition notebook and its core components, including an overview of the items in the index to the notebook.  This CLE will also cover why we take depositions, how to start a deposition the right way, the funnel approach to taking depositions, the art of [...]

The 2020 Florida Bar Criminal Law Update presents a vast array of topics from a diverse slate of speakers that promises to be informative and of interest to criminal and civil practitioners alike, public and private, and to the bench as well.   This year’s Update features a State of the Criminal Justice Address, updates [...]

This second installment in the series will address how to use depositions to collect the good and bad facts in your case, and then what to do with them.  This CLE will also address how to prepare your witness for deposition, as well as how to stop, take a break during, and restart your deposition.  [...]

In this third part of the series, the CLE will address how to use the index in your deposition notebook to warm-up and prepare for a deposition.  The program will also cover a court reporter’s wish list, how to be on the lookout for a deponent’s weasel words, deposition objections, and deposition ethics, including how [...]