The Trial Lawyers College Podcast

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The Trial Lawyers College Podcast talks to leading attorneys, TLC board members, and faculty about the ideas and the issues that are affecting trial lawyers today. The TLC podcast covers courtroom strategy, communicating with jurors, connecting with clients, methods that drive success, balancing healthy relationships with a busy practice and more.

  1. Courage to Ask with Matthew Lathrop

    FEB 9

    Courage to Ask with Matthew Lathrop

    Ron Estefan sits down with Matt Lathrop to explore Trial Lawyers College's The Courage to Ask—how curiosity, vulnerability, and better questions transform trial lawyering. Hear why asking (not performing) helps lawyers connect with juries, shape verdicts, and regain confidence.

    27 min
  2. Real Over Perfect with Rafe Foreman

    FEB 4

    Real Over Perfect with Rafe Foreman

    Ron Estefan hosts Rafe Foreman for a candid conversation about what actually matters in the courtroom: presence, authenticity, and story. Board & faculty leaders unpack the Trial Skills Foundation week — what happens in the classroom, why it changes how lawyers try cases, and what attendees take home that actually moves juries.

    39 min
  3. Trial Skills Foundation 2026 Preview with Ron Estefan

    JAN 12

    Trial Skills Foundation 2026 Preview with Ron Estefan

    Rafe Foreman talks with TLC Board & Faculty Leader Ron Estefan about the Trial Skills Foundation (March 1–6, Moe Ranch, Hunt, TX): a six-day, multi-skill, lab-style TLC program for civil and criminal defense lawyers — openings, directs, cross, psychodrama, case consult energy, and real-world skill building.

    32 min
  4. Do No Harm — Paula Elliott Estefan & Render C. Freeman

    12/12/2025

    Do No Harm — Paula Elliott Estefan & Render C. Freeman

    Rafe Foreman chats with TLC faculty leaders Paula Elliott Estefan and Render C. Freeman about Do No Harm — a focused, limited-enrollment Trial Lawyers College program (Jan 19–22) at the Peery Hotel in Salt Lake City. This is a laboratory-style CLE for lawyers who want real practice on real cases: depositions, cross-examination, role-play, psychodrama, and tactical troubleshooting with faculty and peers.

    29 min
  5. Women Who Win with Cyndy Short & Laura O'Sullivan

    12/08/2025

    Women Who Win with Cyndy Short & Laura O'Sullivan

    Cyndy Short and Laura O'Sullivan—longtime TLC faculty and alumnae—walk through the Women Who Win program (Feb 18–22, Vanderbilt), psychodrama for openings, motherhood + practice, and how women can use authenticity and storytelling as courtroom strengths.

    30 min
  6. More Real Than Your Opponent with Babak Semnar

    11/24/2025

    More Real Than Your Opponent with Babak Semnar

    Former public defender turned employment litigator Babak Semnar explains how Trial Lawyers College methods—psychodrama, role reversal, and emotional connection—made him a better, more authentic trial lawyer. From sexual-harassment and age-discrimination trials to long depositions and jury work, Babak shows how "being real" wins jurors' hearts and verdicts.

    35 min
  7. Client's Bad Acts with Eric Davis

    11/17/2025

    Client's Bad Acts with Eric Davis

    Eric Davis (Houston criminal lawyer, TLC Board member) joins Rafe to tackle a brutal—but common—trial problem: what to do when your case includes facts that will make jurors shut down. Drawing on years of bad-case experience and Trial Lawyers College methods, Eric walks through practical strategies for voir dire and trial planning when you must confront extraneous offenses, on-video conduct, DNA, or other explosive evidence.

    27 min
  8. Above & Below the Line with Mike Smith

    10/27/2025

    Above & Below the Line with Mike Smith

    Rafe Foreman sits down with faculty member Mike Smith to unpack why Trial Lawyers College programs — from the three-week flagship to weekend workshops — are game changers for trial lawyers. They talk psychodrama's power to unlock the emotional core of a case, the collaborative moment that produced the "above/below the line" framework for med-mal trials, and practical voir-dire tactics borrowed from criminal practice. If you want to deepen juror connection, vet your ideas with fellow lawyers, and leave with trial tools you'll actually use, this episode explains why you should join the next TLC program.

    38 min
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The Trial Lawyers College Podcast talks to leading attorneys, TLC board members, and faculty about the ideas and the issues that are affecting trial lawyers today. The TLC podcast covers courtroom strategy, communicating with jurors, connecting with clients, methods that drive success, balancing healthy relationships with a busy practice and more.

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  • Creator
    Trial Lawyers College
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    198
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    Copyright © 2025 Trial Lawyers College
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