LAW OFFICES OF J. L. SIEGEL


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

	INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL DEFENSE ADVOCACY	1995 - 1998 Director 1992 - 1995 Trial Skills Academy Instructor 1991 - 1992 Sole instructor of Essentials of Trial Advocacy course which was taught to newly assigned Federal and Public Defenders. Developed and wrote the case file utilitzed in the course.
	UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF LAW INTENSIVE ADVOCACY PROGRAM 1992 - Present	Lead Instructor. Responsible for organizing program schedule, content of class materials and teacher training. Present lectures and demonstrations on voir dire, openings, closings, and direct examinations. Evaluation of faculty members.
	STANFORD LAW SCHOOL 1992 - Present	Lead Instructor. Responsible for lectures in various trial advocacy skills. Evaluation of faculty members. Prepare evaluations and recommendations of the program for the directors.
	NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACY	1992 - Present. Instructor. Taught numerous NITA in-house programs at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro; Allstate Insurance; Preston, Gates & Ellis Law firms. 1998 Taught at the San Diego Deposition Course. 1989 - 1991 Instructor at the NITA Pacific Regional Course.
	CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW	1991 - 2003. Adjunct Professor. Teaching Basic Trial Practice and Advanced Trial Practice. Developed and implemented Advanced Trial Practice, a three credit course, for the school. Developed and wrote case files for the Advanced Trial Practice course. 1992 - Present. Trial Team Coach. Coached ABA and ATLA trial advocacy competition teams. Won regional as well as state championships.
	THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW	2002 - Present. Adjunct Professor. Teaching Trial Practice and Advanced Advocacy, Military Justice and coaching a nationally rated Mock Trail Team. Won 2007 Best Adjunct Professor Award.
	UNITED STATES NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 1989 - 1997	Trial Advocacy Instructor. Taught trial advocacy to Navy and Marine lawyers throughout the US, Hawaii and Japan. Lecturer on voir dire, opening statement and closing arguments.
	NAVAL JUSTICE SCHOOL 1984 - 1988	Senior Instructor. Taught lawyers, judges and paralegals criminal law trial advocacy and procedure at the Naval Justice School. Developed the program to improve instructing skills of faculty.
	NATIONAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE COLLEGE Macon, Georgia 1995 - Present	Instructor of trial advocacy.
	CORDOZO UNIVERSITY 1991 - 1992	Instructor of trial advocacy.
	NATIONAL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL 1988 - 1990	Instructor of first year criminal law.
	NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE 1982, 1988, 1989	Seminar Leader. Instructor of constitutional criminal procedure.
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