KEENAN TRIAL INSTITUTE
AMAT VICTORIA CURAM
Join the revolution that gives plaintiff attorneys the leading Edge©. Each course provides attendees with up to 16 CLE credits*. Courses fill up fast so we encourage you to register to secure your seat as early as possible.
You will submit your case in advance of your two-day course to be reviewed by your instructor. This allows the instructor to tailor the course to each attendee’s case. Course groups are fewer than eight participants, which provides you with more one on one attention and in turn more positive results for your client.
We provide a guided on-your-feet experience in working with your case on the topic of the particular course — such as Rules, Openings, Groups, etc. We encourage you to take the courses in chronological order for a better learning experience. Courses are offered nationwide to give you access closer to your home base.
Once you have completed 7 courses, you can then take our roster of graduate courses covering more advanced topics. You will be able to dive deeper into that particular subject matter and broaden your experience for courtroom success.
Our Mission Statement
Giving Trial Lawyers the System they deserve to win, to protect our community safety and deter wrongdoers by holding them accountable.
FAQS
Today, in the mail, we received a $75,000 check for a referral fee on a difficult liability case. It was a "try the lie" type of case, with the defendant boat driver claiming that he wasn't the driver and instead claiming one of his passengers was driving. I referred the case about a year ago and he got it settled on the courthouse steps for $1.2 Million. For any non-believers out there, know that the Edge© works!
Matthew L. Bretz
Bretz and Young, LLC - Hutchinson, KS
I have just utterly enjoyed each and every course and seminar that I have been to. Not only does it make me a better lawyer, but it has been fun to learn new things. I have taken most courses twice. I will tell you the number of “ah ha” moments the second time around is really astounding. I think it is a function of not feeling like I’m drinking from a water hose the second time around.
Douglas “Monte” Tynes, Jr.
Tynes Law Firm, P.A. - Pascagoula, MS
Undergraduate Courses
Focus Groups
Discover firsthand justice by the people. Learn how to present and Facilitate Focus Groups inexpensively and efficiently. You will join other trial lawyers in small groups and you will conduct Focus Groups to live group participants.
You will present your own case to the Group. You will identify biases and prejudices and see how they affect your case.
Choose the Keenan trial institute way of researching your case from Bubba’s POV. You will find that focus Groups are the best too in your litigation skills toolbox to hold the defendant accountable and to find the core of your case.
Voir Dire
The art of voir dire is perhaps one of the most essential trial skills you need to acquire as an attorney. Choosing the decision-makers who will determine the fate of your case gives you an opportunity to get an upper hand before the trial even begins.
Are you fully equipped with all the tools needed to select the most sympathetic jury for your client?
This focused course allows you to gain the benefit of our instructors’ combined experience so you can better understand juror behavior, fine-tune your jury selection tactics, avoid missed opportunities when questioning…
Graduate Courses
Cross Examine
To be a great Trial Lawyer we must first become a great cross examiner. The Keenan Trial Institute’s Cross-Examination course teaches Trial Lawyers to experience in Real Time the Root Cause of their cross-examination System Failures. Through Don Keenan’s Expectation Focus Group, faculty instruction on Don Keenan’s 7 Rules For Cross Exam, and student role play, this course teaches the Right Way / Wrong Way, and will Focus every student on the most Relevant and Important aspect of Cross Examination – Bubba’s POV.
The Keenan Trial Institute’s promise is that through this course, students will learn how to give Bubba what he wants and…
Advanced Opening
The Advanced Opening is a new cutting-edge course that builds, expands and gives us brand new elements to the opening statement. This course will teach you how Papa Don has been constructing his opening statements, that have now been tried and tested in hundreds of focus groups and trials. This course will give you the tools to build a bullet proof opening statement, that will take 12-minutes or less, and put you on your way to a successful verdict.
The cases with the most success in the Advanced Opening Course will be those far enough from trial to allow for time to work on the new techniques, tips and to further focus group your case.
Amat Victoria Curam
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Apply NowKTI CLE Policy
The Keenan Trial Institute was created to better prepare trial lawyers. The EDGE teaches how to streamline discovery, apply Black Letter Law, simplify and try a case to a jury efficiently. Neither the College or the EDGE was designed for CLE credits; we do offer CLE credits when we can, but that is not the goal of our program or system. Therefore, if you practice in a state that requires CLE credits, you must apply on your own to obtain your state’s credits. We do not register with individual states as a CLE provider.
