AAJ programs recognize members' CLE achievements.Legal education begins in law school, but you truly gain knowledge once you enter the practice of law. While there is no substitute for experience, AAJ AAJ All About Jazz (website) AAJ American Association of Jurists AAJ American Alpine Journal AAJ Administrative Appeals Judge AAJ Attitude Adjust Education can enhance your professional learning with a structured curriculum of programs on subjects pivotal to a successful trial practice. Members who complete programs gain not only knowledge but recognition. To reward AAJ members for their commitment to keeping abreast of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. trends, the National College of Advocacy Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. (AAJ Education's governing body Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he ) developed two distinct programs: Advanced Studies in Trial Advocacy (ASTA) and the Achievement Recognition Program (ARP). The ASTA program has a learning curriculum that provides AAJ members a mastery of trial skills and enhances their ability to achieve justice for their clients. As members complete select seminars and colleges detailed in the ASTA curriculum requirements, they earn credits. Currently, five members have achieved ASTA stares. The ARP program, created in 1993, recognizes member learning at three levels of distinction: Advocate (30 credit hours); Fellow (200 credit hours); and Diplomate dip·lo·mate n. One who has received a diploma, especially a physician certified as a specialist by a board of examiners. diplomate (dip´l (400 credit hours, including the Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course). After completing each level, members receive a certificate of achievement and acknowledgement of distinction level in the membership directory, on justice.org, and in various AAJ publications. Currently, 87 members have achieved the Diplomate level. Upcoming seminars that qualify for ASTA credits include the "Nursing Home Seminar," September 27-28; AAJ's "Case Workshop," September 27-30; and the "Damages College," October 5-8. The "Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course: Art of Persuasion PERSUASION. The act of influencing by expostulation or request. While the persuasion is confined within those limits which leave the mind free, it may be used to induce another to make his will, or even to make it in his own favor; but if such persuasion should so far operate on the mind ," a prerequisite pre·req·ui·site adj. Required or necessary as a prior condition: Competence is prerequisite to promotion. n. for achieving ASTA status, will be held in March 2008. To learn more about the Achievement Recognition Program and Advanced Studies in Trial Advocacy, visit www.justice.org/ education or call (800) 622-1791 or (202) 965-3500, ext. 612. |
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