May 13-15, 2010

Death penalty voir dire is one of the most difficult yet crucial skills for lawyers to master.

Join us for a unique hands-on training program limited to 54 capital defense attorneys.  Participants will work with a faculty of masters of capital voir dire for two and a half packed days to learn, refine and master the art and science of death penalty jury selection.  David Wymore, one of the originators of this method of capital jury selection and the most sought after expert on the subject, will lead the training.

The program teaches the Colorado Method of capital voir dire by using a combination of lecture, demonstration, and small group exercises involving real jurors. This proven method has nearly emptied Colorado’s death row and has saved capital defendants across the country. Students will learn the core Supreme Court jurisprudence and how to use it to make the judge let you ask what you need to ask.

A copy of the agenda is available here.

Students will learn and then practice in small groups:

• how to get venire persons to discuss their views about the death penalty and life without parole by stripping away irrelevant views about extraneous topics
• identify and rate “killers” and potential “life-givers”
• build and make challenges for cause and protect others from cause challenges
• teach life-givers how to get out of the jury room with their vote intact
• teach killers to respect potential life-giving jurors' opinions

Click here for an application form.  If your application is approved, you will be sent a registration form.  Please submit your applications early - slots will be filled on a first-come first-served basis for lawyers preparing a capital case for trial. If you do not have a pending death penalty trial but are interested, please contact Terrica Redfield and we will admit you as space permits. When you submit payment online, please indicate in the comments section your qualifications for admission to this seminar.

Location: The seminar will be held on the campus of University of Colorado Law School, 2450 Kittredge Loop Road, Boulder, CO 80309.  The campus is walking distance from the seminar hotel listed below.

Millennium Harvest House
1345 28th Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Reservations: 800-545-6285

Room Rate: S/D $124 (Expires Monday, April 12, 2010)
Please mention "Southern Center for Human Rights" to receive the applicable discount rate. Rooms/discounted group rates are not guaranteed if the block has been filled prior to the cut-off date.