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2014

Golden Gate University School of Law

Legal Education

Wes Porter

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Courses Tethering Evidence And Trial Advocacy/Mock Trial, Chris Behan Jun 2014

Courses Tethering Evidence And Trial Advocacy/Mock Trial, Chris Behan

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Teaching Trial Advocacy To 1ls: The 1st Step Experience, Chris Behan May 2014

Teaching Trial Advocacy To 1ls: The 1st Step Experience, Chris Behan

Articles About GGU Law

Four years ago, Wes Porter, Director of the Litigation Center at the Golden Gate University School of Law, created an innovative program to teach evidence and trial advocacy to law students in the summer between their first and second years of law school. The program, called 1st STEP (Summer Trial and Evidence Program), has garnered national attention. In 2013, the program was featured in PreLaw Magazine's 25 Most Innovative Ideas issue and in National Jurist Magazine's article entitled Fifteen Innovative Experimental Ideas. Wes has also written about the 1st STEP program in this blog. Additionally, a …