Boardwalk Seminar 2026
The Trial Lab

 PROGRAM OUTLINE

Join us in "The Lab with Andy and Peter" (Andy Fraser and Peter De Frank) as we all become mad scientists creating our monster winning trial techniques within a collaborative, immersive work-shop setting. This is a seminar unlike any other.

We will be choosing difficult but not "atypical" pending cases from our members to be presented in a round table format and work-shopped through “The Lab.” Five cases in 5 hours! Cases just like yours. What you will see and hear in "The Lab" will directly help you win your next trial, mediation, or arbitration. We will receive the benefit, experience, and knowledge of everyone in the room as we trouble-shoot these cases and hear from Andy and Peter.

The Lab will include a panel of experts we are truly fortunate to have join us. 

Our panel includes:

Melissa M. Baxter, Esq. • Collingswood, NJ
Joseph A. Chang, Esq. • Paterson, NJ
Mark W. Davis, Esq. • Ewing, NJ
Artemis Malekpour, J.D., M.H.A. • Chapel Hill, NC 
Jennifer Pollitt, Ph.D. • Temple University • Philadelphia, PA

This is a restricted session on a first come basis.  We are taking applications for cases to be workshopped now.  

Send an email with a brief description of your pending case to: info@nj-justice.org. 

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SEMINAR AGENDA

11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Trial Lab

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Coffee Break 

2:15 pm - 5:00 pm
The Trial Lab Continued

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Regular Members Only!

The seminar is offered as a service to Regular* Members of NJAJ only. If you would like to join NJAJ, you can call NJAJ Headquarters at 609.396.0096
or you can submit an application at our web site (www.nj-justice.org) and click on 
Join NJAJ.
*A Regular Member is an attorney, who, for the most part, represents the plaintiff in personal injury cases.

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Boardwalk Seminar® 2026 will feature 32 programs presented  for trial attorneys and includes outstanding local and regional speakers along with top national speakers. 

A cornerstone of NJAJ’s mission is to advance the education and skills of the membership. 

This year's program features three days of thought leadership on topics related to improving the practice of plaintiff trial attorneys. Our faculty includes top litigators from across the country. 

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* * * Special Offer * * *
Join NJAJ & Save $300 on Boardwalk Seminar registration.
If you join the New Jersey Association for Justice when registering for the Boardwalk Seminar 2026, you will receive the member registration fee ($200 less than the non-member rate) and as a part of this special offer you will receive an additional $100 off of the registration fee. Join NJAJ.

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MCLE Credits
New Jersey - (Earn 5.70 Credits/Earn 0.0 Ethics Credits)
New York - (Earn 5.50 Credits/Earn 0.0 Ethics Credits)
Pennsylvania - (Earn 0.0 Credits/Earn 0.0 Ethics Credits)

This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 5.70 hours of total CLE credit.

Of these, 0.0 qualify as hours of credit for Ethics/Professionalism, and 0.0 qualify as hours of credit for Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias.

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Full-Time Judges, Full-Time Law School Professors, 
Judicial Law Clerks & Law Student Members
Registration is complimentary for the seminar.
Pre-registration is required.

Course Materials
The seminar course materials will be online for attendees to download on April 24, 2026.

Registration on or after April 29th: 
An additional $25 will be added to fees for registering on the day of the program.