RandyStoner
7/8/2011 4:37:00 AM
On Jul 7, 1:09 pm, Edwin Hurwitz <ed...@indra.com> wrote:
> In article <iv4gai$2n...@dont-email.me>,
> Ken Fortenberry <kennethfortenbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Edwin Hurwitz wrote:
> > > Yesterday I had my first trial. I defended a man accused of theft and I
> > > won the case! I daresay my client would disagree with XXX's prediction.
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> > > I have to say that getting up in front of 5,000 people to play some
> > > music is a piece of cake compared to facing 6 jurors and a judge.
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> > > The day was made bittersweet in that during the lunch break I learned
> > > that the dean of my law school, who had just relinquished the dean's
> > > position to teach, write and spend time with his family passed away from
> > > pancreatic cancer. He was only diagnosed a couple of weeks ago. David
> > > Getches was one of the good ones. I was hoping to take one of his
> > > classes this coming year. RIP.
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> > I'm not sure I understand. Have you passed the bar already ?
> > Or was this just a simulated law school trial ?
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> > Congrats in either case.
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> This was a real trial in a real court in front of a real judge with a
> real jury with a real possibility that my client could go to jail. I
> haven't passed the bar, but the school has a Criminal Defense Clinic
> that helps the public defender's office. So, I practiced under my
> professor's license and malpractice insurance. She was with me the whole
> time and was very helpful with coaching with objections and side bars,
> but the rest of it was all on me. We had some minor disagreements in
> strategy and ultimately she backed me on my decisions.
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> There is mock trial at school, a lot of which is more civil or appellate
> litigation practice.
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Cool, neat that you get to do clinicals as a second-year. Good luck.