The Trial Lawyers College Podcast
The Trial Lawyers College Podcast talks to leading attorneys, TLC board members, and faculty about the ideas and the issues that are affecting trial lawyers today.
The TLC podcast covers courtroom strategy, communicating with jurors, connecting with clients, methods that drive success, balancing healthy relationships with a busy practice and more.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 201
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Why TLC is a Big Part of My Success
State Representative and Trial Lawyer Ann Johnson discusses her new role as a member of the board of directors for the Trial Lawyers College and how she uses TLC methods in the courtroom, the legisla…
Race is critical, its not a theory by Greg Westfall
Come and listen to Greg Westfalls' insightful, inspirational and creative use of real historical events, exhibited in museums in Montgomery, Alabama, for training purposes for the defense of the damn…
Emotion with Carlos Concepcion
Tenured law professor and trial lawyer Carolos Concepcion offers insight into TLC methods from his own experience researching the effect of emotions on humans.
From Oxford England, Paul O'Grady
Advocacy traverses our nation's boundaries. Listen as Barrister Paul O'Grady explains the Irish court system and his comparison to our system in the US.
Todd Kelly and Story Board at Mediation
Todd Kelly details TLC winning methods leading to a recent settlement in a trucking case at mediation. Learn how his client's story and use of story boards through expert witness depositions became …
Moth Symbiosis with Maren Chaloupka
Maren Chaloupka explains the exciting symbiotic relationship between the moth storytelling techniques and TLC. Maren is the director and leader of the Grad 2 Course for Trial Lawyers College where n…
Defense of the Damned is Credited for Saving Man's Life - Grethe Hahn
Learn how major Grethe Hahn represented a convicted and previously sentenced to death member of the armed forces and successfully beat the sentence of death in the retrial.
Trial Skills Course Overview with Co-director Stephen Demik
Listen to course co-director Stephen Demik describe the outstanding trial skills course which is coming up soon. Each director gives detailed examples of the benefits of attending this trial skills …
Trial Skills Course Overview with Co-director Jim Leach
Listen to course director Jim Leach describe the outstanding trial skills course which is coming up soon. Each director gives detailed examples of the benefits of attending TLC's Trial Skills Founda…
First Time Juror with Tim Baker
In today’s episode, Rafe takes the opportunity to interview Tim Baker as he anticipates being a juror. Rafe walks Tim through the basics of being a juror, what to expect, and how to prepare.
Karen Lindholdt Speaks on the Most Difficult Cases and TLC's Methods
As a leading Spokane, Washington Attorney, Karen Lindholdt has been a successful advocate for the injured and wrongfully accused for the past 27 years. TLC graduate Karen Lindholdt discusses the expe…
The Truth is a Dangerous Gift with Valerie Malone
Taking Time Away with John Sloan
Victoria Rusk on Returning Integrity to the Courtroom
“It’s integrity. If you don’t have integrity in your thoughts, it’s going to show. You’re going to come across as fake, and nobody wants to be associated with that.”
Victoria Rusk, a mitigation speci…
Adam Murray on Genuinely Connecting With the Jury
“It is the idea of just being yourself and connecting and being genuine and not just pretending to be genuine but being actually genuine...see how that actually works.”
This fall, former prosecutor A…
Kenny Adair on Discovering the Essence of the Story
“Lawyers get bogged down in minutiae and facts. The facts are important. The facts are the latticework upon which you hang the flesh of your case, and the flesh of your case is going to be the princi…
Frank Mungo on Political Values in Persuasive Storytelling
“You’ve got to understand who your audience is really is. What are the morals of your jury? Once you understand their morals and whether they’re liberal or conservative, and you tailor your opening s…
Laurie Goodman on Cancer, Chronic Illness, and Choice
“If the cancer is a wake-up call to spend the rest of my life—however long I have—to live a life with more quality and being more genuine, I’m not thinking that’s too unfair.”
This episode of the TL…
Pat Montes on Language & Culture in Attorney-Client Relationships
“We are in a different mindset than our clients are. Even that is a barrier because, at that point, we don’t see the context where our client comes from.”
This week’s TLC podcast features trial lawy…
Emily Fisher’s Five Steps to Reconstructing Success in the Justice System
“There are people who do bad things, but I’ve never met anybody who I felt was just a bad person.”
Continuing our series on ‘Reconstructing Success,’ California Public Defender Emily Fisher explores …