Blind Prophecy

Not all my extracurricular activities involved writing things that needed to memorized and performing to an audience. But most of them did.

I was selected to compete in another interschool competition with our school’s trial advocacy team this semester. The Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center helps students compete in mock trial competitions, learning skills such as introducing evidence at trial, examining witnesses, persuading juries, making objections and motions during the course of a trial.

Last semester my first competition team, the “Vannies” went into semi-final rounds of the regional ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law’s Law Student Trial Advocacy Competition. This semester, my team won the national cup at the Capitol City Challenge Mock Trial Competition hosted by Washington Law School (American University).

In our four person team, my partner and I played prosecution. The problem was a marijuana case against a college student on the way home from Spring Break. Getting ready for the competition was often frustrating and difficult and tense, but we ended up having a lot of fun. The trip to DC was brief and fun, but it came at the tail end of our Spring Break, so we missed out on an actual vacation.

After the contest, we had selections for next year’s board. I was made Intraschool Competitions Editor, which means that along with my partner Meghan, we run the contests this summer and at the beginning of the fall semester to select new students for the team. It’s a good role because I’ll mostly be done with my difficult duties before they would interfere with any other school work next year.

Filed under: law school by Jere Keys