Oral Arguments
Yesterday my partner and I argued a case in front of a panel of 3 judges. The entire semester of our First Year Lawyering Class had been building up to this final moment.
Oral arguments are nerve-wracking because you have to field all kinds of random questions from the judges. They can ask you about everything and anything in your brief AND in your opponent's brief.
That's a LOT of material: 40 pages of briefs and some 30-50 cases.
Being the ultimate slacker that I am, I barely glanced through my opponent's brief and committed to memory only 3 cases. Eek.
Needless to say, I am so relieved that it's over.
Observation: Maybe I shouldn't be a trial lawyer...
Oral arguments are nerve-wracking because you have to field all kinds of random questions from the judges. They can ask you about everything and anything in your brief AND in your opponent's brief.
That's a LOT of material: 40 pages of briefs and some 30-50 cases.
Being the ultimate slacker that I am, I barely glanced through my opponent's brief and committed to memory only 3 cases. Eek.
Needless to say, I am so relieved that it's over.
Observation: Maybe I shouldn't be a trial lawyer...
posted by Alice in Wonderland at 9:38 AM
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