Life is a Trial – A Unique Program on Trial Skills, Resilience and the Warrior Mindset – Part 3 of 3
Date: Feb 17, 2026 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online
Member Price: $99.00
Non-Member Price: $125.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Civil, For All Attorneys
Earn up to 2.4 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
Presenters
- Robert A. Bianchi, Esq.
- Former Morris County Prosecutor and Certified Trial Attorney
The Bianchi Law Group, LLC, Parsippany
Are you winning the trial of your life - or just surviving it?
Join Robert Bianchi - Former Morris County Prosecutor, EMT, National TV Legal Analyst, High-Performance Mindset Coach, TEDx Speaker and Creator of the Sirens & Summationsâ„¢ Performance Mindset Framework -as he draws from the stresses of decades of courtroom trial experience and front-line emergency experience as an EMT to show how purpose, courage, discipline, and integrity drive both legal excellence and personal fulfillment.
In this unique three-part CLE series, you’ll learn the actual trial skills - Opening, Direct, Cross, Experts, Summation - and how they mirror the trial you’re living every day in your personal life.
Learn how to better overcome fear, build courage, maintain integrity, remain grounded under pressure, and reconnect with your deeper purpose - while mastering the same techniques that win trials.
Register for one, two or all three! (Register for more than 1 and receive a discounted price.)
Three sessions. Real trial skills. Real transformation.
SESSION 3 — SUMMATION & JURY VERDICT
Meaning, Fulfillment, Deathbed Clarity, and Final Judgment
- Legal Skills:
- Structuring persuasive Summation
- Using facts + emotion
- Delivering with authenticity and conviction
- Understanding jury decision-making
- Life Skills (Metaphor):
- Your Summation = the story of your life
- Verdict = your “deathbed confession”
- Did you live aligned with your Opening?
- Adjusting strategy when life takes unexpected turns
- Daily practices to ensure pride at Summation
- Outcome:
- Attorneys leave with a blueprint for meaning, resilience, leadership, and a life whose “verdict” they can proudly own when it counts the most.
Interested in Part 1 & 2? Click below for more information.
- Part 1: Opening Statement & Direct Examination
- Part 2: Cross-Examination & Expert Witnesses
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