Train the Trainers

Look for the Next Program as a Preconference at the 2009 Annual Conference

Conference Overview

This intensive, two-day program will show you why alternatives to lengthy lectures are essential for adult learners. You will see demonstrations of what works in legal training from a trainer who has designed hundreds of programs for lawyers. From demonstrations, you will move to practice and design. You will leave this program with a head start on a training plan for a new course in your organization or region.

Train the Trainers is delivered by David Cruickshank of the Continuing Professional Education Institute. David is the Director of Professional Development for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York. He has trained lawyers and judges internationally and has recently teamed up with the Practising Law Institute (PLI) to study the training needs of city attorneys in New York, Washington and San Francisco.

This training seminar is provided by NLADA with the generous sponsorship of the Practising Law Institute (New York, San Francisco). The Practising Law Institute (PLI) is contributing to internal and external professional development for legal aid organizations through this and other initiatives with NLADA.

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the learning needs and characteristics of your audience;
• Write performance-oriented learning objectives;
• Explain five different instructional methods, describe their application to legal services training, and use two of them comfortably;
• Plan presentation skills which incorporate variations to a lecture OR practice small group facilitation skills;
• Describe the components of good case studies in attorney training;
• Review the use of good audio-visual aids
• Design a workshop lesson plan for a training session in your organization in accordance with criteria for effective instructional design;
• Present the design of a lesson plan in a stimulating fashion.

Who Should Attend?

• Experienced trainers who are looking to sharpen and expand their understanding of adult training methods and move beyond lecture-based models.
• New training directors or others interested in training in the public defense community.
• Representatives of regional training consortiums who have the capacity to support and export these skills on a regional level.
• State-based trainers who have the capacity to support and export these skills on a state level.
• People who train at the national level and who desire to refresh their training skills and learn from other trainers.