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Course Schedule
Many
courses VACLE approved
Acting
for Lawyers™: Introduction to Performance Strategies
This eight-week class (eight Mondays) focuses on the needs of
every lawyer who must deliver a polished, expert, compelling and
yet natural performance under pressure, whether your audience
is a jury, a judge, or a client. You will learn techniques for
dealing with stage fright, sure-fire strategies for winning over
your audience, and the skills you need to make your case clear.
- First
Session: Individual presentation, evaluations, and setting individual
goals
- Second
Session: Lecture-demonstration which lays out the fundamentals
of acting and how they apply to personal presentation skills;
also, the basics of physical and vocal awareness are introduced
- Third
Session: Creating fresh beginnings and powerful endings through
setting an active agenda and creating an audience relationship
- Fourth
Session: Storytelling, or discovering the story in the facts
- Fifth
Session: Connection and Credibility: finding a way to own the
story; dealing with your own personal audience from hell (i.e.
dealing with a variable audience)
- Sixth
Session: Creating a performance outline (reworking presentations
from an audience perspective)
- Seventh
Session: Dress rehearsal
- Eighth
Session: Final performance
Fall
2010 COURSE
Dates: 8 Mondays, September 20 to November 8, 2010
Instructors: Melissa Flaim, Gillian Drake
Tuition: $ 595
Location: Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church,
900 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Time: 7:00 to 9:30 pm (may be adjusted 30 minutes earlier)
SPRING
2011 COURSE
Dates: 8 Mondays, February 28 to April 18, 2011
Instructors: Melissa Flaim, Gillian Drake
Tuition: $ 595
Location: Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church,
900 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Time: 7:00 to 9:30 pm (may be adjusted 30 minutes earlier)
FALL
2011 COURSE
Dates: 8 Mondays, September 19 to November 7, 2011
Instructors: Melissa Flaim, Gillian Drake
Tuition: $ 595
Location: Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church,
900 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Time: 7:00 to 9:30 pm (may be adjusted 30 minutes earlier)
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