CLE Information
Continuing Legal Education: Products Liability Law
This year, the students are working on a mock trial problem that involves a products liability case. In essence, the case centers around a children's toy that, due to its purportedly defective design, caused the death of a two year old child. To prepare our volunteers for the case they will be hearing, Al Ricciardi will present a brief CLE on products liability law in Arizona and elsewhere.
Al is an experienced civil litigator with the law firm of Aiken Schenk Hawkins & Ricciardi who has successfully litigated and tried numerous products liability cases. In particular, Al has achieved much success litigating products liability issues in cases involving high occupancy vehicles.
Judge Instruction
The second phase of participant instruction will be provided by James Cool. James is an associate attorney with Aiken Schenk Hawkins & Ricciardi where he focuses his practice on public labor law and plaintiff's personal injury cases.
James is also the Associate Head Coach of the Sun Devil Mock Trial program, a candidate member of the Board of Directors of the American Mock Trial Association, and an attorney coach for the Arizona School for the Arts Charter High School mock trial team. All told, James has been participating in or coaching mock trial for over 15 years.
James will insturct attorney and judge participants on the process of judging collegiate mock trial and on this case generally.
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