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Nashville Shakespeare Business Workshop Informational Video - Shot & Edited by WNPT
Funded by The Frist Foundation; Producer, Santos Lopez
These workshops offer creative enrichment to professionals seeking to engage with Shakespeare's plays in individual and group exercises. These are both fun and enlightening, providing opportunities for creative problem-solving, teamwork, and self-discovery. The Festival's staff will work with you create a Shakespeare-driven workshop that addresses your specific goals. Continuing Legal Education credits available.
See the Nashville Business Journal Profile of our Professional Workshops (pdf)
- Confrontation
- Leadership
- Communication
- Ethics
- Weathering a Storm
Choose a topic that you would like your business to explore and we will find the right Shakespeare play to create a platform for discussion and understanding.
The works of William Shakespeare are full of ethical dilemmas still debated in the legal profession. This 3-credit seminar uses professional actors as a platform to raise ethical issues that are then discussed and debated by attorneys. Currently scheduled for December 7th. More info here
Topics Discussed:
- Reverse Contingency Fees
- Discovery Abuse
- Candor to Tribunal
- Competence
- Lawyer as Witness
- Surreptitious Discovery
The Earl of Oxford sues to stop the Nashville Shakespeare Festival from performing Shakespeare's plays, claiming he is the true author. He takes his case all the way from trial to the Supreme Court!
Topics discussed:
- Voir Dire (with the audience as jurors)
- Expert, Hostil and Surprise Witnesses
- New Rule of Evidence 611
- Preserving Issues for Appeal
- Interlocutory and Extraordinary Appeals
- Taking the Fifth in Civil Case
If you are interested in our Professional Workshops, contact our Education Director at nettie@nashvilleshakes.org |
