So I tried out for trial team at school.... Part 1

So I tried out for trial team at school...


Let me preface this short tale by saying that when I applied to law school I decided that I would be CBEO (courtroom by emergency only). I think that what occurs on Law&Order is cool and all but it's just not where my heart is.

So I tried out for trial team at school...

I know however that apparently making a team is a great honor bestowed. It makes you look kinda cool and sets you apart from other students who look just like you. I thought Moot Court was my style til I figured out it involved writing and well- I hate legal writing. So then I thought well this will be cool to try. And well let's admit it- I'm an asshole and all the people on tv are assholes. Plus- we have an AWESOME courtroom at school I wanted to argue in it.

So I tried out for trial team at school...

Well... first a learned what tryouts consisted of. A big packet of information that we had to boil down into an opening and closing. Now what exactly is an opening and closing? Hell if I know. I'm a first year.... I just grasped the term "tortfeasor" without cracking up. So they shove us into a room where I'm surrounded by my friends and classmates. All us eager 1Ls willing to see if we've got the stuff to be big mean courtroom attorneys. They give us details on what an opening and closing should look like. Tell us how to stand and send us on our little happy way. Now some of my friends quickly decided that this was entirely too much and not what they wanted and dropped rank. Oh but not me.