Register for the Program

The 28th Annual Hillman Advocacy Program will be held on January 21-23, 2009. It will begin with an afternoon session at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel on Wednesday, January 21, and will continue through two days of workshop sessions held in the Federal courtrooms on Thursday, January 22, and Friday, January 23.

In addition to the workshop sessions, the program will feature two faculty demonstrations in which experienced trial lawyers will conduct direct and cross-examinations and deliver closing arguments.

Also featured this year will be Brian Johnson from Minneapolis, a national expert in communication techniques.

The modest registration fee for this year's program -- $300 for basic and $350 for advanced sessions -- is made possible through the generous financial contributions of many Western Michigan law firms and the Western Michigan Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

To register for the 2009 Hillman Advocacy Program, send a registration form with payment to:

Brenda Scudder

Program Coordinator
Hillman Advocacy Program
c/o Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
111 Lyon Street, NW, Suite 900
Grand Rapids, MI  49503

Phone:  616.752.2331
Fax:  616.222.2331

If you’d like to apply for a scholarship, please contact Ms. Scudder directly.  All scholarship applications must be received by December 19, 2008.

Hillman Advocacy Program
2010 Registration Form

The 2010 regsitration application for the Hillman Advocacy Program is now available. Please use the links below to down printable versions.

• Word for Windows, DOC (38KB)
• Adobe Acrobat PDF (15KB)

To open the PDF version of the document you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Click here for a free download of Adobe Reader from Adobe.Com.

Scholarships

Scholarships for the Hillman Advocacy Program are available.

Here will be some brief info about it.