The Trial Advocacy Workshop is a CACJ sponsored event held every few years in August at Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove. The three-day program provides a unique opportunity to acquire and improve trial skills. Following informal lectures and demonstrations, participants break into small workshop groups to practice their skills with the guidance of two faculty members per group. In this hands on program, groups are organized according to experience and, at the end of the program, all groups come together to discuss what they have learned. This outstanding workshop emphasizes learning by doing with no need to take notes.
Attendance is limited to the criminal defense bar and associated professionals.