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We are pleased to announce that the 2023 Chester Bedell Memorial Mock Trial Competition is being planned as an in-person competition to be held on January 20-22 in Orlando. The competition will begin with a coaches’ meeting followed by the first preliminary round in the late afternoon on Friday, January 20, and will conclude withRead more

The Trial Lawyers Section is conducting its prestigious 40th annual Chester Bedell Mock Trial Competition in Orlando this year. Ten Florida law schools are expected to compete at the Orlando Airport Marriott Lakeside from Friday, January 21, 2022 to Sunday, January 23, 2022. The trials are presided over by state and federal court judges, butRead more

The Trial Lawyers Section is marking another milestone in a long history of service to the profession with the release of the “2021 Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice.” The section is proud to publish a guide that has become a fixture in nearly every Florida courtroom, said Vero Beach attorney and TLS Chair LewisRead more

The Trial Lawyers Section, one of the Bar’s oldest and largest, is honoring two lawmakers with its “2021 Legislator of the Year Award.” Rep. Erin Grall, R-Vero Beach, and Rep. Ben Diamond, D-St. Petersburg, will be honored at a June 25 ceremony in St. Petersburg that will coincide with the section’s next meeting, said TLSRead more

From May 18-22, 2021, 125 trial lawyers and judges/former trial lawyers gathered at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando to revive the Southeast’s premier trial advocacy training program – in-person!  60+ advocates and an equal number of faculty members & experts spent four grueling days together honing our trial advocacy skills with a healthy doseRead more

The state’s premiere in-person trial advocacy training program, the Trial Lawyers Section’s Advanced Trial Advocacy will take place from May 18-22, 2021 in Orlando. The Trial Lawyers Section will offer two (2) scholarships to members of the section who have been involved in trial practice for a minimum of five years. To apply for aRead more

Determined not to let the COVID-19 pandemic threaten one if its most valuable traditions, the 5,500-member Trial Lawyers Section has published its first virtual Teachers’ Law Symposium. Every January, the section invites some 150 high school and junior high social studies, civics, government, history and law-related teachers together to hear presentations from some of theRead more

Rule change aims to speed access to court records Effective July 1, clerks of court will no longer review civil filings to screen out confidential information before putting those documents in public court files, leaving it entirely up to lawyers to ensure their clients’ protected information remains safe. The Supreme Court on January 21, actingRead more