Mock Trial has been a roller coaster both in terms of understanding, and in terms of expectations, but this only makes it more exciting, so here is what my experience was like to show what should be expected.
I was first brought towards Mock when 10th grade English teacher, Ms. Bauer and current team Captain, Lorelai Smith came to me and stated how I would be great at it, and how I should join.
Interested, I said that I’ll do it, and attended the call out meeting that followed soon after. There I would meet many of my peers and teammates as well as my coaches.
Naturally, I was slightly nervous as all the information was a bit much to handle at first due to the nature of it to me, but I persevered and worked about as hard as I could with the limitations.
Mock Trial, while fun, had not clicked for me yet in my head. All the legal terms and laws were hard to memorize and wrap around.
This all changed when we did our first emulation of how competition would be, “Mock Mock 1.” This was essentially a dress rehearsal trial that gives newbies like me a real chance to see what it is like. I came, a bit nervous as I would have to play my part to the best of my ability, and not mess up for my team.
When we finally started, I watched the first of my team go up and do their parts. After that, it just clicked together and I understood exactly what I needed to do both for me, my team and my prep for regionals.
When it was my turn to go up, I tried to the best of my ability to play my role effectively and I did not do as bad as I was expecting.
Obviously, it being my first time, there were a few kinks that had to be worked out, but besides that I did pretty good.
Overall, there is still lots of room for improvement, from both me and my team but Mock Trial is an amazing opportunity to hone critical thinking.
My suggestion…don’t hesitate to try it out, because you never know what people you will meet, and what opportunities you could find.
Court adjourned.
