Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityTrial Technology Course
Bartlit Beck Lawyers to Teach Trial Technology Course
Chris Lind and Peter Bensinger, partners in the Chicago law firm of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott will teach an innovative course in trial technology through the Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Strategy at Northwestern University School of Law. Open to upper class students at Northwestern, the course is designed to cover the ins and outs of using technology in each stage of litigation - discovery, case management and at trial. The course will focus on the fundamentals of high-tech courtroom presentations.
The course will combine faculty lecture and demonstrations with student "on your feet" exercises. Students will be asked to prepare arguments and witness examinations incorporating computer-aided presentations.
Lectures, discussions and required reading materials will cover such topicsas "storytelling through visuals," "using the high-tech courtroom," "the new jury," "the development of the use of technology in the practice of law," and "evidentiary issues raised in the electronic world."
Classes will take place in Bartlit Beck's own Courtroom and Forum in the historic 1892 Cook County Criminal Courts building, located a few blocks from the law school at 54 West Hubbard Street.
