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Slide to Acquit - Powerpoint Primer
Webinar: Online Via Zoom
Date: Thursday, December 2, 2026
Time: 5:00PM - 7:00 pm
In-person: Macomb Office of Public Defender, 22 Market St Mt. Clemens, MI
Date: Friday, December 11, 2026
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Check-in Starts 8:30 am
~ Attendance at both sessions is mandatory ~
Fee: CDAM Members $400 / Non-members $500
CLE: 10 CLE or Annual Training hours
(Direct Billing Agreement partners register free. Check with your funding unit.)
~ Continental Breakfast, lunch, snack and materials included ~
Session Overview
In this hands-on, small group training, attorneys will master the art of using PowerPoint in trial with this hands-on full day program designed to make you a PowerPoint powerhouse. Learn how to create impactful PowerPoint presentations to enhance your opening and closing statements. This full-day session covers using PowerPoint to improve your storytelling, theme development, and techniques to maintain juror engagement. The class is taught by Jim Amberg, who has won many difficult trials using PowerPoint. Jim guarantees that this will change the way you conduct trials.
Take-Aways:
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Design Compelling Openings and Closings.
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Projecting Trial Themes Through PowerPoint.
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Strategies for Creating Effective Slides.
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Grabbing and Keeping Juror Attention
Expectations:
Students will have a basic knowledge of how to use PowerPoint as this class is geared toward creation of dynamic PowerPoint trial presentations, not an intro into the basics of PowerPoint. Attendees are required to have basic knowledge of PowerPoint, have it preinstalled on their computer or device and bring it with you. Attendees are also required to print the complete set of working materials in advance of the training.
Presented By
Jim Amberg and Victor Mansour
Please Note!
Limited to 12 attorneys. Minimum 8 required.
You may register free of charge if your court funding unit participates in our Direct Billing Program! You can request and receive a registration code if they are participants. Check to see if free registration is available! All others pay out of pocket and seek reimbursement from your court funding unit, if applicable.
NOTE: If you register the morning of the webinar, please note that it may take 10+ minutes for the automatically generated confirmation email (which include the Zoom link) to populate your inbox.)
NO refunds on cancellations after November 24, 2026, at 5:00pm. Paid registrations can be transferred to another attorney by calling CDAM at (517) 579-0533.
