Total Credits: .50 including .50 CLE
Leila Watson, chairwoman of the Alabama Pattern Jury Instructions Committee — Civil, will discuss the recent changes in the jury instructions that will be published this spring, using the jury instructions to your benefit at trial and tips for writing your own jury instructions.
| Handout 1 (1.1 MB) | 26 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Ms. Watson earned her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin and her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law. She served as Law Clerk to Associate Justice Janie L Shores, Alabama Supreme Court from 1983-1984. She has had a diverse practice that started with two years as a criminal defense attorney, then shifting to an all-plaintiff practice in mass torts, single events and appellate practice across all types of cases, and now focuses on pharmaceutical and other product liability, abuse cases, medical issues and premises liability. Ms. Watson is a member of the Birmingham Bar; the Alabama and American Associations for Justice; the American Board of Trial Advocates; and the National Board of Appellate Lawyers. She is the chair of the Amicus Curiae Brief Committee for the Alabama Association for Justice and a member of the Alabama Pattern Jury Instructions Committee - Civil. She is the board chair at Studio By The Tracks and a member of the Alabama School Readiness Alliance Pre-K Task Force, and pro bono counsel for the Komen Race for the Cure.
