Setting the Scene with Cyndy Short
On this episode of the Trial Lawyers College podcast, Andy Delaney and Amanda Harber sit down with sentencing advocacy expert Cyndy Short to explore mitigation as storytelling. Cyndy explains how to b...
30 Mars 16min
Caught In The Net with Richard Sterger and Melissa Sandoval
Francisco Duarte sits down with Rick Sterger and Melissa Sandoval to unpack a powerful immigration win: how a young migrant who crossed the Darien Gap was detained, and how careful advocacy, TLC metho...
9 Mars 59min
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 perform...
9 Feb 26min
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 wee...
4 Feb 39min
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 ...
12 Jan 32min
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...
12 Dec 202528min
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...
8 Dec 202530min
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 ...
24 Nov 202534min
