Some notes and due dates

Here are the notes and due dates discussed in class today.

• This Weekend: Study Case Materials and Mock Trial Rules. We’ll take a written test every day next week.
• Rolling project grades: 20 points for the following, saved to the Y: drive and uploaded to the wiki:
• Monday: “Finalized” Openings
• Tuesday: “Finalized” Closings
• Wednesday: “Finalized” Directs and Crosses
• These are mostly attorney assignments. All other students will have a project introduced next week.

Openings and Closings:

• Does it have a hook?
• Does it follow a theme?
• Does the theme from the opening carry over to the closing?
• Does it lay out your side’s case?
• Is it argumentative? It shouldn’t be!
• Is it 3 minutes (openings)
• Is it 4 minutes (closings, 5 minutes prosecution including rebuttal)
• Is it convincing?
• Is it REAL?????