O my gosh that opening statement was perfect! I've been looking for good opening statement examples and this was the best one I've seen so far! This was tremendously helpful to model my opening statement after, and great tips as well. Thnx!
I'm 13 and my class and I have to write a speech to the Jury This is my first time The minimum is meant to be a page and a half How long is a real speech meant to be?
Super solid! Here's my unsolicited advice for anyone watching this: in this situation, I recommend spending more time focusing on which doubts, questions, and/or concerns of the case are reasonable. By vaguely mentioning that there are pieces of the puzzle missing, you're actually not accomplishing much. Technically, the puzzle will never be 100% complete for a juror (only witnesses with personal knowledge will ever have 100% certainty of something). Therefore, it's more effective to specifically point out the missing puzzle pieces and rhetorically ask questions for each one. And then you'll want to explain that these questions are reasonable, which results in reasonable doubt. By asking reasonable questions during Closing, you'll be arming the jurors with doubt that they can use when they deliberate (even though this example is for Mock Trial). Hope this helps!
It hurts my stomach thinking I have one of these in a week. I'm a law student at uiuc. I enjoy talking and have no problem giving presentations, however for some reason this one is making me feel sick.
For what it's worth, I'm a trial lawyer that owns his own law firm and posts RU-vid videos about trial advocacy... and I STILL get pretty nervous for certain arguments. Trust me, there's nothing wrong with being nervous! I've learned that my nerves hit me when it's a super big case or I'm REALLY wanting to kill it. Either way, it's all about turning that energy into focus so you're prepared for anything and everything. Hope your argument went well!
Im still really sad and dissapointed from a few months ago when my team didnt make it to state we really thought we made it and the worst part was that the other 7th and 8th grade team made it and they had the same time to practice material and coach and they made it and we didnt. We really thought we won we did a really good job me and another girl who is my friend actually cried when we didnt hear our team code the worst part is that the last team that made itq code satarted with a U and ours did too and we were so happy when they called the other team we had because it was like we were all one big team playing seperatly😢😟😟 i still cry about that
Thanks a ton! I have a mock trial tomorrow for seventh grade, my teacher and classmates are honestly not taking this trial too seriously. Like, their opening statements were basically: "I believe that my client is not guilty because he did not steal those items." Like, what? Anyway, I wanna make sure my closing statement is top notch, so thanks again!
