The Trial Advocacy Institute

The Trial Advocacy Institute 

The Trial Advocacy Institute at Touro Law Center presents an exciting and innovative educational experience that benefits the students at Touro Law Center as well as those who litigate in the courts on Long Island and beyond.

The Institute:

1) Offers a concentration in trial advocacy, training Touro Law students in advanced trial advocacy skills. Students who complete the concentration will be certified by Touro Law Center as “trial ready.” In addition to completing the required curriculum, students will compete in at least one trial competition and extern in a litigation position in order to complete the concentration.

2) Prepares Touro students for Trial Competitions, actively working with members of the local bench and bar.

3) Presents lectures/CLE programs on topics of interest to litigators as selected not only by the Institute’s board and educators but based upon requests by members of the legal community.

4) Offers trial training programs to students, graduates, and members of the legal community in traditional trial advocacy techniques, as well as in developing and cutting-edge areas such as Technology in the Courtroom and the Use and Misuse of Artificial Intelligence in the Litigation Process, , reflecting changes and developments within the litigation field.

5) Serves as a resource for students and lawyers, providing videos, transcripts, and writings from trials and trial programs to assist in trial preparation.

Touro’s Trial Advocacy Institute’s Advisory Board of outstanding judges and litigators provides the wisdom that only highly respected jurists and litigators can offer. In addition, the Institute’s Mentors Circle, comprised of Touro Law Center graduates who are successful litigators, relate to and work with Touro’s trial students providing mentorship and networking opportunities.

Meet Our Faculty

Lynne Adair Kramer

Director of the Trial Advocacy Institute
Director of the Court Observation Program
Faculty Director of the Trial Advocacy Practice Society
Adjunct Professor of Law


Lynne Adair Kramer, an experienced litigator for over thirty-five years, tried cases in both Federal and State Courts before choosing to limit her practice to the State Courts in the New York Metropolitan area. . She joined Touro Law Center full-time in 2006 to create the law school’s renowned Court Observation Program, giving students a first-hand experience in the functioning of the court system starting in their first year in law school. Capitalizing upon her extensive litigation experience, Kramer has developed courses at Touro Law spanning all phases of litigation from opening statements to closing arguments.

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Course Offerings

Trial Practice
Criminal Defense Clinic
Criminal Prosecution Clinic
Judicial Clerkship Externship Seminar
Selected Topics in Torts: Litigating Tort Claims
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Direct Exam and Admission of Evidence
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Expert Witnesses
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Trial of a Family Law Case
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: NY Rules of Evidence
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Opening and Closing Arguments
Selected Topics in Trial Practice: Cross-Examination
Selected Topics in Trial Practice: Objections and Evidence Rules

Contact Us!

If you want to learn more or become involved in the Institute, please reach out to Professor Lynne Kramer.