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Post by arandomtuesday on Jan 19, 2007 16:37:50 GMT -5
Mock Trial! This year, I made attorney! It's a civil case rather than criminal (they alternate each year). I am on the defense and I'm really excited to start! We're running a little tight this year...4 weeks to learn instead of 8, and about 80 to 90 percent new members. Hopefully our school will be able to keep our title as regional champs! If you want to know anything about the case, the whole thing can be seen here: Click on "2007 Team Manual (Case Materials).
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Post by Finaddict on Jan 19, 2007 18:43:07 GMT -5
Mock Trial! This year, I made attorney! It's a civil case rather than criminal (they alternate each year). I am on the defense and I'm really excited to start! We're running a little tight this year...4 weeks to learn instead of 8, and about 80 to 90 percent new members. Hopefully our school will be able to keep our title as regional champs! If you want to know anything about the case, the whole thing can be seen here: Click on "2007 Team Manual (Case Materials).thanks for the link and Congrats on being an attorney. I hope you guys keep your title. Keep us posted as this goes on. ;D
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Post by Trublu on Jan 19, 2007 21:31:26 GMT -5
Congrats on making defense attorney, arandomtuesday! I started to read over the case files... looks like it will be interesting! Good luck, and keep us updated!
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Post by arandomtuesday on Jan 19, 2007 22:15:10 GMT -5
Wow. This this seems like a heck of a lot more stuff once I had to start breaking it down!
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Post by Trublu on Jan 19, 2007 23:00:13 GMT -5
Perhaps Casey would take a call from you and give you some advice? ;D
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Post by Sexystablersgal on Jan 20, 2007 9:34:03 GMT -5
Congrats on making defense attorney arandomtuesday, hope you guys keep your title, keep us posted too! ;D
~xJemmax~
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Post by arandomtuesday on Jan 24, 2007 21:17:31 GMT -5
Alright, first meeting tomorrow!!! I'm actually a little nervous, but I can't figure out why. Excitement perhaps.
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Post by Trublu on Jan 26, 2007 21:03:22 GMT -5
Anxious to get started I'm sure, arandomtuesday. How did the meeting go?
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Post by caseybeatsalex on Jan 26, 2007 21:41:01 GMT -5
oh my gosh, arandomtuesday! i'm on my mock trial team too! i also made defense attorney! we're also doing a civil case this year, but it's different from yours. we're doing one about e.coli infections!
our actual competition starts tuesday & i'm so nervous! maybe we can compare defense strategies...=)
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Post by arandomtuesday on Jan 26, 2007 22:30:07 GMT -5
Oh, cool, caseybeatsalex! We should compare sometime!
The meeting went well. It seems like it's going to be a really fun group this year. Double the work, half the time, but it's a fun group for sure :-D.
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Post by caseybeatsalex on Jan 26, 2007 22:56:16 GMT -5
you have expert witnesses, right? a doctor or a cop or something? do you have a co-council? i do. if you have another person do you do opening or closing? how many directs/crosses do you do?
haha sorry for so many questions...i'm so worried about next week! we've had 2 "practice" trials against other schools, but the acutal competetion at the county court house is going to be so scary! i don't know what i'm going to wear! ah!
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Post by caseybeatsalex on Jan 26, 2007 23:02:47 GMT -5
by the way, if anyone wants to read our case, the online workbook is www.njsbf.com/njsbf/student/mocktrial/highschool-06.pdfit's the entire thing...rules and all, but if you scroll A LOT you'll find the case, which is pretty interesting. haha is it weird that the only reason i tried out this year was because of my extreme love of SVU? i'm so lucky to have gotten defense attorney! my mom's a lawyer, though, and whenever we watch SVU together, she tells me NOT to act like Casey (apparently she breaks the rules like crazy & would be disbarred), but i can't help but feeling a little of the Novak Attitude in me when i'm cross-examining the witness! haha!
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Post by caseybeatsalex on Jan 30, 2007 18:18:46 GMT -5
so tomorrow is my first mock trial competition day. ah! i'm so so so nervous! right after school we leave for the county courthouse & if we win, we keep moving up. but our school has never made it past regionals, so... we'll see.
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Post by Trublu on Feb 4, 2007 22:32:56 GMT -5
How did you do, caseybeatsalex?
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Post by caseybeatsalex on Feb 5, 2007 23:10:50 GMT -5
well, we did ok. we won the first round (both the jury and the judge agreed...although the judge is the only one that matters). they gave us really good comments and stuff...specifically on my posture and ease in the courtroom. so that was cool. i was so nervous before though! i was literally shaking. (my friends on the team know that i love SVU so they actually were telling me to be like casey ) unfortunately, the next day, we lost the next round (but still got the jury). oh well, there's always next year and it'll be a criminal case then thanks for asking, trublu!
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