Alexander Karsh.

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Instructional and visual design

I took the seven pages of NCSC bench cards and made them one page, front and back, checked against Maryland law and the faculty's slides, and I built the spine of the day around that card. These examples show how I organize information for use, from a reference card to a full course deck.

The cover of The Permanent Record: the title with its three initials in brackets, on navy, with mauve triangles
DeliveredTwo half-day courses, autumn 2026

The Permanent Record: two faculty decks, one day

I was sent two slide decks for one day of courses, and they had nothing in common. I rebuilt both on one livery: navy, mauve and sage. Before and after pairs, then all 22 boards.

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Front of the two-page AI and digital evidence reference guide, summer 2026 version
PreparedSummer 2026 course

The AI and digital evidence reference guide

I built the guide from the faculty's materials first and the national bench cards, and I added sentence stems, like back in my English teacher days, because there was nothing for judges to actually say anywhere on the cards.

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A redesigned slide: one large red numeral beside the sentence it belongs to
PreparedSlide system, 2026

A 161-slide faculty deck, redesigned

A judge sent 161 slides of bulleted text for a full-day course. Six before and after pairs.

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A chart slide from the traffic deck, drawn under the design rules
SpecifiedTraffic course deck, 2026

The design rules

Color roles, a type scale and the rules for building a slide, with measured contrast.

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Jordan Ellis, the case file: the fictional defendant who came back after every block of Of Sound Mind
DeliveredSummer 2026

Slides and templates for the behavioral science course

The podium deck is on one visual system, the case slides show the case file so far, and the faculty filled in the templates.

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Top of Managing the Case, a one-page attorney grievance reference guide prepared for faculty review
PreparedFive courses, 2026

Reference tools

Reference cards, guides and checklists from five courses, built from faculty materials first. I checked each tool: at least one section had to give a judge something to do from the bench.

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