Western Trial Advocacy Institute

Welcome to The Premiere Criminal Defense Seminar: Teaching effective communication and trial skills for all lawyers this July.

Important Announcement:

Due to low enrollment, the 2012 Western Trial Advocacy Institute has been canceled effective immediately. At this time there are no plans to present any future programs. All funds deposited for the summer's program will be promptly refunded in full.

We deeply regret this decision, and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by this announcement. Thank you for your support of this program. If you have any questions please contact Rhonda Hoadley at rjchamblin@yahoo.com or Robert R. Rose at robert.rose@wyo.gov

Bob Rose

Director WTAI

Our Mission:

For thirty-three years, the same outstanding national faculty have met each summer in Laramie, Wyoming nestled in the high plains of Wyoming below the Snowy Mountains at the University of Wyoming Law School and shared for a week their knowledge, experience, and compassion for criminal defense. They come together to share with you, their students, creative, innovative, and exhilarating ways of defending the citizen accused. They strive to make you the best possible criminal defense attorney as you continue to remain liberty's last champion and the defender of the constitution.

Curriculum Includes:

	Communicating effectively in the courtroom with the jury, judge, and witnesses.
	How to win by telling your story at each stage of the trial.
	How to develop, present, and prove a winning theory of the case.
	Special ethics presentation concerning problems faced by defense attorneys.
	Voir Dire; Opening statements; Direct and Cross Examination; and Final Argument.

Program:

Now in its thirty-third year, the Western Trial Advocacy Institute continues to offers one of the most unique and exciting trial communication skills seminars in the country. Designed expressly for criminal defense attorneys, the Institute emphasizes the special interactions between and among lawyers, jurors, judges, and witnesses. Participants learn not just "how" thing happen in the courtroom but also "why." They learn by doing with feedback from the faculty and their peers.

From the director:

I am pleased with the success of Western Trial Advocacy Institute and it derives from the meeting each summer of the best faculty from around the country who have been teaching here for over twenty-five years. We also have each year new faculty and together the faculty give freely of themselves in Laramie, promoting the best possible criminal defense attorneys.

Come join us in July in Laramie, regardless of your level of trial experience, and share with us the camaraderie at the Western Trial Advocacy Institute as you learn new and creative ways of trial tactics.

                                                                                                            Robert R. Rose, III
                                                                                                            Director, WTAI
                                                                                                            307-421-8124

Contact Information

Telephone: 307-766-2422
FAX: 307-766-6417
Postal address: Western Trial Advocacy Institute; Dept 3035; 1000 E. University Ave.; Laramie, Wyoming 82071
Electronic mail: For further information: westerntrial@gmail.com
To contact the director: Robert Rose III [robertrrose3@hotmail.com]
Student Directors: Natasha Dirck, WTAI Student Director (307) 321-4333 ndirck@uwyo.edu
Kristin Muscato, WTAI Assistant Student Director (720) 281-0657

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Last modified: February 27, 2012