Defenders’ Academy: Spring Training is a six-day intensive trial skills program for all defenders (criminal, civil and family) hosted at CUNY Law School. Students participate in small group sessions where they receive expert coaching and individual video review. Impeachment, foundation and objection skills are reinforced with drills. Our program challenges litigators to conceptualize classic trial skills in new and innovative ways. Our ​faculty is comprised of highly experienced trial lawyers and coaches from all over the country and includes performance experts — actors, voice and movement coaches, and storytellers, who enhance the program’s unique approach.