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The National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) is the nation’s leading provider of legal advocac Learn more at www.nita.org and blog.nita.org

The National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) is the nation’s leading provider of legal advocacy skills training and pioneered the legal skills learning-by-doing methodology.

04/16/2026

Ready to sharpen your deposition skills — and do it in Nashville? 🎶⚖️

Join NITA September 23–24 for Deposition Skills: Nashville, a two‑day, hands‑on program designed to help you gain key admissions, question with purpose, and confidently defend your witnesses.

Set in one of the country’s most energetic legal and cultural hubs, this immersive program lets you practice working with documents and exhibits, handling objections, and staying composed under pressure — all in a supportive environment with real‑time faculty feedback.

Plus, the program includes a one‑hour Ethics CLE.

Advance your skills. Build your confidence. Enjoy Nashville.

Register here:
https://info.nita.org/TNDP926

04/15/2026

🌟 Faculty Spotlight: Mike Ginsberg

Meet Mike Ginsberg, Program Director for Deposition Skills: North Carolina and a distinguished advocate, educator, and longtime leader with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

A retired litigation partner from Jones Day, Mike spent decades litigating complex insurance, environmental, and toxic tort cases nationwide. For more than 25 years, he led firm‑wide attorney training and has taught trial skills across the U.S. and around the world.

Mike is a past Chair of NITA’s Board and currently serves as Dean’s Professor and Director of the Kessler‑Eidson Program for Trial Techniques at Emory University School of Law. He is also a cm laude graduate of Harvard Law School.

Learn from Mike in Deposition Skills: North Carolina:
👉 https://info.nita.org/SEDP726

04/14/2026

Immigration defense has never been more complex — and effective advocacy matters more than ever.

Join us in Atlanta, September 21–23, for Advocacy in Immigration Matters, a specialized NITA program created to help immigration defense lawyers strengthen their trial skills and better advocate for clients facing removal.

Over three days, you’ll receive hands‑on, on‑your‑feet training covering every phase of an immigration trial — from making and meeting objections to examining expert witnesses and delivering compelling closing arguments.

With NITA’s learning‑by‑doing approach, you’ll practice in a supportive environment, receive real‑time feedback, and leave with practical skills you can use immediately.

Learn more or register here:
https://info.nita.org/AIST926

04/13/2026

🌟 Faculty Spotlight: Susan Halpern

We’re excited to feature Sue Halpern, a seasoned trial lawyer, educator, and longtime NITA leader, as our program director for Deposition Skills: Dallas, June 4–5.
👉 https://info.nita.org/SODP626

Sue has had extensive experience trying complex commercial cases, including matters involving fraud, embezzlement, real estate disputes, corporate dissolutions, business torts, banking issues, and business aviation. Sue has also had significant involvement in family law cases, focusing primarily on complicated asset valuation issues, but extending to more traditional family law issues. Many of these business and family law issues involved expedited practice, including injunction proceedings that required fast‑paced discovery and trial preparation. Sue is also known for her unique expertise in defending dangerous dog cases (typically dog bites), which involve all manner of statutory preemption and Constitutional issues.

Her litigation career includes countless depositions, trials, witness examinations, and contract interpretation disputes — experience that deeply informs her work as an educator.

Sue has taught with NITA since 2001 at programs all over the country, involving a wide range of subject matters, including trial practice, depositions, motions, negotiations, and fact‑investigation. At these programs, Sue has served in leadership roles, including Program Director, Team Leader, Assistant Team Leader. A trusted educator in the Dallas legal community, Sue has been an Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy at SMU Dedman School of Law since 2000 and the Lead Instructor for the Trial Advocacy course since 2009.

Admitted to practice before all Texas federal courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Sue is an active member of the State Bar of Texas, ABA, and Dallas Bar Association.

Outside the courtroom, Sue brings the same leadership and discipline to the world of ice hockey officiating. She currently serves as USA Hockey’s Referee‑in‑Chief/Female Development, and previously held various district and regional supervisory roles. Always a teacher at heart, Sue has mentored many young officials, including two who officiated at the 2014 and 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Learn from one of NITA’s most versatile and experienced deposition instructors.
👉 Register today: https://info.nita.org/SODP626

04/09/2026

“This course might be the single most important thing I've done to enhance my skills as a trial attorney… The hands‑on approach and small group sessions really helped me improve in each area and gain confidence.” — Kimberly Vincent, Travis County Child Representation

Want the same transformative experience? Building Trial Skills: Dallas offers practical, immersive training you can apply immediately. See you in June!

👉 Register today: https://info.nita.org/SOTH626

04/07/2026

What an unforgettable experience in Building Trial Skills: Philadelphia 🎉⚖️! Participants trained inside the beautiful Philadelphia City Hall, gaining an authentic courtroom environment that elevated every exercise.

Faculty and participants were hard at work throughout the program—practicing openings, examinations, and on‑your‑feet advocacy in a truly inspiring setting.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and made this Philadelphia program such a success!

04/06/2026

🌟 Faculty Spotlight: Jeff Senger

We’re pleased to feature Jeff Senger, an accomplished litigator, mediator, arbitrator, and nationally respected advocacy educator, as our program director for Building Trial Skills: Washington, D.C., June 10–14.
👉 https://info.nita.org/DCTS626

Jeff brings decades of high‑level government, litigation, and negotiation experience to NITA. He is currently a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS and previously served as a litigation and FDA partner at Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C.

He served as the Acting General Counsel of the Food and Drug Administration, handling the agency’s most complex and sensitive litigation. Before that, he was Senior Counsel in the Office of the Associate Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, helping oversee more than 2,000 attorneys across DOJ divisions.

During 17 years at DOJ — including service as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney — Jeff tried numerous civil and criminal cases before juries and judges in federal and state courts and argued in multiple U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. He also directed DOJ’s civil and appellate training at the National Advocacy Center and served as a federal mediator in U.S. District Court.

An award‑winning author, Jeff wrote Federal Dispute Resolution (Wiley 2003) and several law review articles. His teaching portfolio includes trial advocacy, mediation, and negotiation at Harvard Law School. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute, participates in the D.C. Circuit Judicial Conference, and has testified before the U.S. Congress as an expert witness.
Jeff is an honors graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and brings unmatched depth and clarity to advocacy training.

Learn from one of the nation’s leading voices in trial, mediation, and dispute resolution.
👉 Register now: https://info.nita.org/DCTS626

04/03/2026

Daniel G. Dowd is retiring from his role as Program Director after leading 33 programs in Arizona and Las Vegas. Dan led the Arizona Deposition Program from 2002 to 2026 and was instrumental in launching the Las Vegas Deposition Program in 2007.

Cohen Dowd Quigley has longtime supported NITA, and under the leadership of his predecessor, Ron Cohen, a former NITA board member, Dan was brought into the NITA family more than three decades ago.

We are deeply grateful for Dan’s enduring commitment to NITA’s mission and for his leadership and service in the Southwest. While it is difficult to quantify the number of lawyers whose careers he helped shape through NITA training, the impact is undeniable.

Thank you, Dan, for building these programs and for mentoring the next generation of leaders to carry forward NITA’s legacy.

04/01/2026

A big thank‑you to everyone who joined us for Building Trial Skills: Los Angeles and Deposition Skills: Los Angeles! Your drive to improve your advocacy made both programs incredibly impactful.

These courses also help participants progress toward the NITA Advocate Designation, a milestone that recognizes real, skills‑based training.

We’re grateful for your engagement and can’t wait to see how these techniques elevate your practice.

03/31/2026

🌟 Faculty Spotlight: Dominic J. Gianna

We’re honored to spotlight Dominic Gianna — one of the most dynamic and visionary teachers of trial advocacy, persuasion science, and courtroom communication. He will be leading our upcoming Building Trial Skills and Deposition Skills programs in New Orleans this May.

A master advocate and founding partner of Aaron & Gianna, PLC in New Orleans, Dom has led more than 500 advocacy programs across the English‑speaking world. His transformative teaching has earned him NITA’s prestigious Keeton and Oliphant awards for his contributions to advocacy education.

Dom has trained thousands of lawyers alongside his renowned teaching partners, Lisa Marcy and Professor Tom Mauet. A NITA Program Director and longtime National Faculty member, he has tried cases nationwide, served as trial judge pro tem and Special Master in major federal and state matters, and appeared as a frequent commentator on Court TV. He previously served as Director of Trial Advocacy at LSU Law and has taught at law schools around the world.

He is also the author of Opening Statements: Winning in the Beginning by Winning the Beginning (Thomson/Reuters) and numerous additional publications.

But Dom’s path isn’t limited to the courtroom—he’s been a Broadway theater kid, stagehand, professional athlete, medicinal chemist, teacher, pilot, and now Executive Producer of The Survival of St. Joan, the reimagined revival of America’s first rock opera. He also produces Raiding the Rock Vault (New Orleans) with Sir Harry Cowell.

Dom holds a B.S. from Manhattan College, an M.S. from SUNY Buffalo, and a J.D. from Loyola University School of Law, where he served as Editor‑in‑Chief of the Law Review. His teaching is known for being energetic, eye‑opening, and unforgettable.

Join Dom this May in New Orleans:
👉 Building Trial Skills: New Orleans (5/18–5/22): https://info.nita.org/GULF526
👉 Deposition Skills: New Orleans (5/15–5/16): https://info.nita.org/GDEP526

03/30/2026

The Expert Witness: Atlanta program has SOLD OUT!

This high‑demand course delivers practical, intensive training in examining expert witnesses—and it fills fast every year.

Today we’re featuring the faculty who are guiding this year’s program, giving you a look at the team shaping this powerful learning experience.

Missed your chance? Stay tuned for next year’s dates and register early!

03/27/2026

Objections are one of the fastest ways to gain—or lose—credibility in the courtroom.

Join us April 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM MT for Objections that Matter: Winning the Objection Battle at Trial, a focused and practical one‑hour webcast with instructors Elizabeth Espinosa Krupa and Christopher Lambden.

Learn how to spot key objection moments, argue them effectively, and use targeted voir dire of the witness to protect the record and support your case strategy.

Don’t miss this high‑impact training!
👉 Register today: https://info.nita.org/s71LEC181

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