This unique CLE course explores the connection between trial advocacy and musical performance, examining how skills like listening, timing, improvisation, authenticity, and collaboration shape persuasive communication. Drawing on lessons from jazz and the courtroom, the program offers practical techniques attorneys can use to strengthen witness examinations, opening and closing arguments, negotiations, and client relationships.

• Improve communication through active listening
• Use pacing, rhythm, and silence more effectively
• Adapt to unexpected developments during trial and negotiation
• Build credibility, presence, and trust with jurors and clients
• Strengthen collaboration within trial teams

Structured around the concept of a jazz composition, this program provides litigators with a fresh and practical perspective on advocacy, persuasion, and human connection.