Join Marsha Hunter for a presentation on how to be an articulate attorney. Speak with confidence, look your listeners in the eye, and be what you must soon become: the always articulate attorney. Whether in professional conversation with partners, clients, and colleagues, or making presentations to any audience, this program helps you push your speaking skills to the next level. Learn how to listen, evaluate, and transform your professional speech to handle cold calls, interviews, class discussions and more. Organized by the Office of the Dean of Students. Sponsored by Schiff Hardin LLP. Lunch from Blue Plate will be provided.Marsha Hunter , a specialist in legal communication, trains attorneys to speak confidently and persuasively in all settings. Under her guidance, trial lawyers sharpen their advocacy skills and transactional attorneys refine their presentations, becoming more articulate, fluent, and eloquent. Hunter teaches lawyers, and only lawyers, in the arts of oral advocacy and public and professional speaking. Hunter’s training helps lawyers use their bodies, brains, and voices for effective professional speech, employing pragmatic and immediately useful techniques for gesturing naturally, thinking clearly, and speaking persuasively. She cites recent developments in gesture research when answering the frequently asked question "What do I do with my hands?" as well as the latest research in cognitive science to help lawyers think clearly in voir dire , openings, direct and cross examinations, and closing arguments. Hunter also helps trial lawyers grapple with the syntactical challenges of each phase of trial, eliminate thinking noises such as um , and control the pace of their speech. For corporate attorneys, Hunter teaches advanced fundamentals of persuasive public speaking. With expertise in cognition and communication, Hunter focuses on how people think, speak, feel, and act in dynamic situations. Her specialty is human factors—the science of human performance in high-stakes environments. Her teaching is both technical and practical. She offers techniques that ensure polished, articulate speech, whether presenting to a board of trustees, a community group, or a small office gathering.  She teaches communication skills for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, the U.S. Department of Justice, elite law firms, and bar associations and law societies from Belfast to Tasmania. Hunter has published articles in numerous legal publications, including the American Bar Association Section of Litigation’s The Woman Advocate , the Texas Bar Journal, PD Quarterly, NALP Bulletin,  and others.  Attached is an article on the Surprising Science of Gestures that is recommended by Ms. Hunter. The Articulate Attorney hosts a public speaking tips library that includes downloads, article links, blog posts, and videos.  We hope you continue your development and learning by checking it out: http://www.johnson-hunter.com/public-speaking-tips-library/