Don't Kill Anna the Lawyer!!

I don’t know what a lawyer is called in German, but Anna would be a good representative. She has worked with the Mock-Trial team this year and went to the State competition last weekend in Anchorage where they took 3^rd place. Anna is on the team with another of the exchange students… Fernando, who is from Chile.

In Mock-Trial the teams have a “case”. Piles of evidence and participant descriptions are included. Anna was on the “prosecution” team and presented the "opening statement". They learn the proper way to present opening/closing statements, how to question a witness, cross-examine, when to object, what not to say, etc. Some of the team plays the defendant or the other witnesses. Anna has had fun doing this and it has given her the chance to see how the American court system compares with the German. She also received 3 different nominations for “best lawyer” during the competition.