What is the Intensive Trial

Advocacy Program?

• The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of

Law, the law school of Yeshiva University

in New York City, is well-known in both

legal and academic circles for its strong

focus on practical training in the law. Of

Cardozo Law’s many programs to focus on

applied, hands-on, immersive education, the

Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (ITAP) is

one of the most popular.

• Held each January, ITAP is a rigorous two-

week course that focuses on strategies and

techniques for courtroom litigation.

Adopting a “master class” learning

approach, ITAP fully immerses its students

in the art of trial practice. Participants

interview and prepare witnesses, practice

cross and direct examinations, select juries,

deal with issues relating to evidence, and

prepare and present jury and bench trials.

The course culminates in a full jury trial

conducted by the students.

• One of the most significant benefits of ITAP

is the opportunity it offers students to

receive feedback from real-life lawyers and

judges. These professional experts critique

the students’ work throughout every step of

the program and offer

personalized, individual reviews of recorded

student performances. Some of the country’s

most highly regarded jurists and lawyers

have participated in ITAP since the

program’s inception.