Reflective Essay: The Mock Trial Process

The mock trial process was interesting, exciting, and flowed well. I was excited at first to see what my role was in this case, but I quickly learned that if I wanted to be successful that it would take a decent amount of work because the evidence did not lead a clear path as to what happened. I also learned that the process is as fun as I thought it would be. At times I felt like I was actually prosecuting someone. I was Confident in my team and the result of the trial was a considerable victory. My team worked well together pre-trial and really came together during the trial to make the best case we could.

My team and I did not really experience any big problems or mishaps during the process. There were some times when key characters were missing during the trials, but our team responded easily and strategically. We started the trial with the absence of our first witness, but strings were pulled and it worked out more in our favor and we fortunately filled the leave of our witness. We also experienced the absence of a lawyer in the role of her direct-examin, but again our team responded strategically and that attorney made a splendid decision to leave our team

It is important to ask questions in a way that clearly shows the jury what happened or what very likely could have happen. Also a helpful thing I learned is to really focus on a theme. Though it was a quality my team did not focus on completely I think if we would have more we could have seen better results. Another thing to keep in mind is that the jury is not gonna see the case the way you see the case. It sounds like a given, but sometimes it is hard to see the point of view on the case from the jury’s angle. They have not studied the case as the attorneys have so as an attorney you have to feed them the evidence in a way that persuades