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initial expenses associated with the compilation of these educational
materials, as well as the technical design and format for the “Electronic
Text-Book” and Computer/Disk Edition, were contributed by Professor
W. McKinley Smiley Jr. By Agreement, dated July 1, 1991, the Copyright
was assigned to the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers for the original
work entitled, “Trial Advocacy”. Paul D. Jess, General Counsel of the Academy, by letter dated April 14, 1999, notified that the Board of Directors of the Academy had approved the transfer and reassignment of the Copyright back to Professor Smiley. The Advanced Civil Trial Skills Foundation Inc. was founded by Professor Smiley as an organizational aid for the development and presentation of materials for the benefit of the educational needs of Law Students and the Civil Trial Lawyer. The “electronic text” presentation of these educational materials has been donated without charge to the Students of Professor Smiley. It is his goal to make the revised edition, Advanced Civil Trial Skills – 2002… available to all Students of Trial Advocacy. Presently - Law Students may use the Key Number Research Facility in order to adapt Florida citations to judicial precedents applicable to their individual states. Current Research Projects are being initiated in order to convert all citations to the Jurisprudence of all 50 states. The structural copyright prevents the reproduction of any aspects of the educational material/electronic disk without the written permission of Professor Smiley. |
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The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Young Lawyers Section established the new W. McKinley Smiley Award for the lawyer who has done the most to help young lawyers. Pictured above, John F. Romano (l.) and W. McKinley Smiley (r.) accept the inaugural awards. |