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Trial Skills Foundation - Immersive training in multiple trial skills for plaintiff and criminal defense lawyers. 

At the center of our Trial Skills Foundation training is the TLC Method — a proven approach built over three decades of courtroom success. TLC teaches that a deeper understanding of yourself leads to stronger connections with clients, opposing counsel, judges, and jurors.
This immersive program will ground you in three core trial skills that every trials lawyer needs to win, all taught in the TLC way: through connection, storytelling, and truth.


more info...		03/01/2026
-03/06/2026		First day starts6pm- last day ends 12pm (CST)

Sentencing Advocacy in Capital and Non-Capital Cases. The reality of criminal defense is that most of our clients will find themselves in a sentencing proceeding. It is incumbent on us as criminal defense attorneys to begin the preparation for that moment from the beginning of the case. Sentencing advocacy is about story. It’s about finding that narrative that permits a judge or a jury to truly see your client and respond with more empathy and compassion than disgust and loathing. Mitigation, in any case, begins with the advocate and should be presented through a compelling story.
more info...		04/13/20261pm PT/2pm MT/3pm CT/4pm ETadmin@triallawyerscollege.org

An opportunity to reconnect with TLC board members, TLC alumni, future TLC alumni and the TLC executive director. 
When:                 Saturday April 18 (this is the day before Courage to Ask starts in Leavenworth)
Time:                   5-7 PM
Where:                Columbia Center Tower Club, Harvest Room https://maps.app.goo.gl/hQzKDUH8ngzLn69t9
 
more info...		04/18/20265:00pm to 7:00pmBecky Lynn Barlow

The Courage to Ask™ is a groundbreaking approach to improving your skills in asking for money damages. Learn how to confidently demand full justice from TLC-trained lawyers and licensed psychodramatists who have used these methods to win big verdicts. Discover that your authentic, unfiltered self is powerful enough to ask for the justice your case deserves. This isn’t a passive training. Each day you’ll be on your feet, immersed in learning that helps you integrate new skills and insights in real time.
BOOK OWN HOTEL ROOM AT TLC GROUP RATE.
more info...		04/19/2026
-04/24/2026		First day starts 6pm- last day ends 12pm (PST)

The premiere TLC course.  Don't miss out this year. Apply NOW!
more info...		05/31/20262026

In Defense of the Damned- a specialty course focused solely on applying the TLC Method to criminal defense cases.  
Take your level of defending those who seem to be “damned” by society and the justice system to a higher level of advocacy in trial. The TLC Method for Cross Examination trains trial lawyers to apply the psychodramatic methods that improve listening skills and therefore the ability to understand and empathize with everyone in the courtroom, including opposing witnesses.
BOOK OWN HOTEL ROOM AT TLC GROUP RATE.
more info...		06/08/2026
-06/12/2026		First day starts 6pm- last day ends 12pm (MST)

This scholarship reflects TLC’s commitment to providing civil rights lawyers training and support to empower them in the battles of this unique and profoundly important area of trial practice. Applicants must have already applied for the 3-week Trial Lawyers College (deadline May 31st) and submit their application and supporting materials for the Rodney King Civil Rights Scholarship by June 15, 2026.
more info...		06/15/20262026

Special TLC 1-hour Webinar (lecture-format) by Mike Marrinan. This webinar will focus on the basics of bringing an action for violation of constitutional rights by law enforcement and related government officials, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983 and other statutory provisions.  It will address remedies for injuries inflicted by state and local police officers, federal agents (including ICE and Border Patrol), and jail and prison officials.
 
more info...		07/16/20263pm PT/4pm MT/5pm CT/6pm ET

Indigent representation requires special skills. Elevate your ability to connect with your client and with their jury at this virtual course.
more info...		07/24/2026
-07/25/2026		Each day 9:00am - 6:30pm (MST)

Mastering the Art of Directing Your Case for TLC Graduates
Graduate I is for the TLC alum who’s done the work—but knows there’s more growth ahead. It’s for those ready to step from the wings to center stage, with colleagues and mentors alongside you, pushing you to do the hardest—and most rewarding—work of your career.
BOOK OWN HOTEL ROOM AT TLC GROUP RATE.
more info...		08/02/2026
-08/07/2026		First day starts 6pm- last day ends 12pm (CST)

Mastering the Art of Storytelling in Trial
A week-long, in-person immersion that takes TLC alumni beyond performance and into a deeper connection. Through intensive, story-driven work you will uncover the emotional truth of your client’s experience—and learn to tell it in a way that moves jurors to act.
BOOK OWN HOTEL ROOM AT TLC GROUP RATE.
more info...		08/22/2026
-08/29/2026		First day starts 6pm- last day ends 12pm (CST)

Special TLC 1-hour Webinar (lecture-format) by Andy Delaney. Daubert is not just a shield; it is a sword. TLC-eligible plaintiff and criminal defense lawyers do not have to sit back and wait for the usual defense or prosecution Daubert strike. The same gatekeeping rules that have been used for years to attack our experts apply with equal force to theirs. By mastering Daubert and its progeny (often codified in Rule 702), you can flip the script: expose result‑driven opinions, analytical gaps, junk methodologies, and experts wandering outside their lane, then move to exclude or tightly limit that testimony before a jury ever hears it. When the motion lands, the tables turn—suddenly the hospital has no causation expert, or the state’s star forensic witness is sidelined or boxed into a tiny corner. This webinar will focus on how TLC‑style story, cross, and emotional truth combine with Daubert’s technical framework to take away the other side’s “science” and put you in the strongest possible trial position.
more info...		09/03/202612pm PT/1pm MT/2pm CT/3pm ET

For over 30 years, TLC has helped trial lawyers uncover their most powerful tool: the truth, told through story. At the 3-Week College, you'll step away from routine and dive deep into the TLC Method—through psychodrama, connection, and on-your-feet training.
more info...		10/03/2026
-10/26/2026		3 weeks
3 Week College 2026
TLC 3 Week College October 3-26, 2026.  TLC will start accepting applications soon!
more info...		Coming Soon...

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