4/13/2007

Trial Tactics

So for the end of my clinic this morning I went to watch a trial in federal court. I sat through an hour and a half of direct examination of the plaintiff who was a former cop who was suing for wrongful termination. He sounded like he had a decent claim, then came the cross examination.

First, he failed a urinalysis.

Second, he had been written up twice for failure to take care of evidence as the evidence officer.

Third, he started telling other cops that a cop on the drug task force was selling, two weeks after that cop had busted the plaintiff's cousin for dealing meth.

All of a sudden it didnt sound like he had such a good case anymore.

4/06/2007

Friends

So last night in my trial class the professor asked us how it was going getting jurors. The other five people in the class had come up with a total of four. I said that I could get as many as needed. At a break I got on my phone and called up some of my friends to ask them to be jurors. Everyone I talked to was willing to help me out. When I reported back that I had all of the jurors my side needed the other people in my group were fluxomed that I had been able to find people that quickly, and that I could find people at all. Since then I have realized that I have been very blessed here at school with good friends. Since most of you read this blog I thought I would just say thanks for being good friends.

Tax Class 2

So today I started studying for my tax final. Imagine my pleasant suprise when I realized I already understood old colony trust, benaglia, turner, kowalski, sibla, imputed income, clark, and raytheon. While this is the easiest portion of the class, still I am further along than I had expected.