Sentences with phrase «mock court»

From mock courts to marine life exploration, hip - hop dance parties to poetry slams, today's full - time - learning programs are a far cry from the old - school after - school mix of study hall and intramural sports.

«Helping attorneys hone appeals; At Schnader Harrison law firm's subsidiary institute, outside lawyers face mock court to tailor briefs, shape oral arguments»: The Philadelphia Inquirer today contains an article that begins, «It's all about getting an edge.

The researchers, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, set up mock court cases to examine how jurors reacted to different pieces of evidence and how these were then discussed in the jury room.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms last Tuesday, the Canadian Bar Association organized events across Canada such as conferences, mock court sessions for high school students, and flash mobs:

Students should be prepared to conduct an actual investigation, take photographs, write reports, collect evidence, testify, and participate in a mock court hearing and trial.

Compared to the natural theatrics of moot and mock courts, dramatizing a deal is daunting, Okamoto says.

Student competitors participated in a hypothetical appeal to the United States Supreme Court, which required them to write a brief, as either respondent or petitioner, then argue their case in front of the mock court.

«We want to make sure this is a legitimate legal process and not a mock court, so to speak,» Phillips said.

The competition involves writing a brief as either respondent or petitioner and then arguing the case in front of the mock court.

How to gather the facts, organization, reviewing paperwork, presenting our case, how the other side would react, our court conduct, and Coach Michael even went through a mock court hearing with us to get us comfortable with asking the questions we had prepared for the hearing.