Product Description

Judge Paul A. Chernoff valued his role as a teacher. Every year he would spend a week teaching new lawyers the skills they would need in the courtroom during MCLE’s Trial Advocacy Workshop. In his memory, we have put together a program that focuses on a part of that training: the opening and closing arguments.

Leaders in the field will demonstrate opening and closing arguments in a civil and criminal case, while our panel of experts critique their arguments and offer suggestions for everyone watching to improve their opening statements and closing arguments.

In-person attendees are invited to join us for a post-program reception to speak to our presenters and critiquers one-on-one and remember our friend, Judge Paul Chernoff. 

**All proceeds from this program will go to the Hon. Paul A. Chernoff Scholarship Fund.**

https://www.mcle.org/give/fund/bio/chernoff

Agenda & Materials

• 2:00pm - 2:20pm

  Civil Defendant Opening Statement

  Leonard H. Kesten, Esq., Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten LLP , Boston
  
• 2:20pm - 2:40pm

  Civil Plaintiff Opening Statement

  Michael Glennon, Esq., Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten , Boston
  
• 2:40pm - 3:00pm

  Critique of the Statements

  Hon. John C. Cratsley, JAMS , Concord
  Hon. Beverly J. Cannone, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Jay Lynch, III, Esq., Lynch & Lynch, PC , South Easton
  Sandra Gant, Esq., Federal Public Defender Office , Boston
  
• 3:00pm - 3:20pm

  Criminal Defense Closing Statement

  Joanne M. Daley, Esq., Federal Public Defender Office , Providence
  
• 3:20pm - 3:40pm

  Criminal Prosecution Closing Statement

  Mark Tan Lee, Esq., Suffolk District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  
• 3:40pm - 4:00pm

  Critique of the Statements

  Hon. John C. Cratsley, JAMS , Concord
  Hon. Beverly J. Cannone, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Jay Lynch, III, Esq., Lynch & Lynch, PC , South Easton
  Sandra Gant, Esq., Federal Public Defender Office , Boston
  
• 4:00pm - 5:00pm

  Reception for In-Person Attendees

Please Note

MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal. There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only. They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.

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