Built Different: Trial Skills Academy
We invite exceptional 2L’s, 3L’s and 1st, 2nd and 3rd year attorneys with the desire to be the best trial lawyers in the country to apply for Built Different: An All-Expense Paid National Trial Skills Academy.
THIS IS NOT A MOCK TRIAL.
This is in-depth training on voir dire, opening statement and closing argument. Each topic is taught by expert trial attorneys, with active practice in our courtroom in front of jurors and evaluators.
The Kelley | Uustal way of winning giant verdicts is not taught anywhere else in the world.
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Relatively small, elite-level teams change the world.
Kelley | Uustal trial attorneys have saved countless lives by forcing changes in how products are designed. We litigate cases involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death. Our mission is to influence the law so that it protects everyone rather than just the powerful and the connected. Our attorneys have won some of the biggest and most newsworthy verdicts ever, and our cases affect how people live their lives. There is a reason why we have created so many elite-level trial teams, and why we attract the most talented professionals in the country…
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It’s because of our culture and our unique trial training.
Working on a world-class trial team, with all that incredible talent, is a special kind of challenge. It’s more like working on a movie set than in a law firm. Or working with a Navy SEAL Team, or a small start-up intent on changing the world in a massive way.
Imagine a family on vacation, sitting in their car, when the car is suddenly engulfed in a fiery explosion. In his first trial, and longest trial in General Motors history, John Uustal stumbles upon a deadly secret
Everyone knows that smoking is bad. It’s the same story you’ve heard over and over – but almost no one knows about the greatest trick the tobacco companies ever pulled.
A little girl suffered horrific burns after a pressure cooker exploded. The incident was investigated by police, firefighters, but no one could find any defect. What happened to Samantha?
Landmark Cases
Awards
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