Comments on: Suck it Up and Take Trial Advocacy http://legalgeekery.com/2010/02/08/should-i-take-trial-advocacy/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:24:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chad http://legalgeekery.com/2010/02/08/should-i-take-trial-advocacy/comment-page-1/#comment-4642 Chad Mon, 24 May 2010 18:32:04 +0000 http://legalgeekery.com/?p=2728#comment-4642 Trial Ad was the most piratical class I took in law school. However, the class is an expensive one for schools to run. Our school used 2Ls and volunteer practitioner as educators to make it cost effective. This was less than helpful to us students. Trial Ad was the most piratical class I took in law school. However, the class is an expensive one for schools to run. Our school used 2Ls and volunteer practitioner as educators to make it cost effective. This was less than helpful to us students.

]]> By: Joshua Auriemma http://legalgeekery.com/2010/02/08/should-i-take-trial-advocacy/comment-page-1/#comment-4249 Joshua Auriemma Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:30:49 +0000 http://legalgeekery.com/?p=2728#comment-4249 @dms2L, I think that pretty much sounds like our Advocacy II class. Amusingly, we aren't really taught anything about client interviewing, but we are thrown into a situation where we need to interview a client (an actor). It made me realize that I'm probably more cut out for corporate than anything else. When my client told me that he wasn't able to perform everyday tasks, and he definitely wasn't ever going to play football again, my response was, "Good. Wait, not good but . . . you know what I mean." @dms2L, I think that pretty much sounds like our Advocacy II class.

Amusingly, we aren’t really taught anything about client interviewing, but we are thrown into a situation where we need to interview a client (an actor). It made me realize that I’m probably more cut out for corporate than anything else. When my client told me that he wasn’t able to perform everyday tasks, and he definitely wasn’t ever going to play football again, my response was, “Good. Wait, not good but . . . you know what I mean.”

]]> By: dms2L http://legalgeekery.com/2010/02/08/should-i-take-trial-advocacy/comment-page-1/#comment-4247 dms2L Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:04:24 +0000 http://legalgeekery.com/?p=2728#comment-4247 I have yet to take our school's Trial Advocacy, but I have taken Pre-Trial Practice and Procedure which I think meshes with what you are describing here. I think that it ought to be a mandatory class: if you don't know how to file a complaint, or a response, then you're not going to last long in practice. It's likely that whatever firm you end up working for will have templates, but unless you know how/when they're appropriate, they don't do a lot of good. As added bonuses, there was also a lengthy discussion on client interviewing (though my school also offers that as an intercession skills class) and we practiced taking/defending depositions. Long & Short: I cannot recommend these classes enough. I have yet to take our school’s Trial Advocacy, but I have taken Pre-Trial Practice and Procedure which I think meshes with what you are describing here.
I think that it ought to be a mandatory class: if you don’t know how to file a complaint, or a response, then you’re not going to last long in practice. It’s likely that whatever firm you end up working for will have templates, but unless you know how/when they’re appropriate, they don’t do a lot of good. As added bonuses, there was also a lengthy discussion on client interviewing (though my school also offers that as an intercession skills class) and we practiced taking/defending depositions.
Long & Short: I cannot recommend these classes enough.

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