Keys+to+being+a+Lawyer

__How to be an awesome LAWYER!!__

Direct- Cross- Opening- Closing- Re-direct/Re-cross- Objections-
 * The witness is the star! Your job in direct is to make your witness look flippin amazing! You and your witness want to be able to be on the same page the whole time.
 * Be sure to connect with your witness and become their best friend! You guys want to be able to finish each other’s sentences.
 * It’s a conversation. Don’t make the questions seem robotic, it’s not good for scores. You want the judges to feel like they are just listening to two people talking.
 * You pretty much prove the entire case in direct.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You’re the star! Your job in cross is to make the witness look completely unreliable and a total fool! Make the judges think you’re amazing and you are completely right!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t let the witness wiggle. Cut them off! (appropriately) Never let the witness find a way out of answering the question. Let them know who’s boss.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be prepared for the unexpected. 9/10 times the witness will not give you exactly what you wanted. Find a way around it and always have a second option.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Try to have it memorized for the most part. The judges find that very impressive! Your points will be good!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tell a story. Go through what you are going to prove and how you going to prove it logically.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t be nervous. Yes, you’re the first one up there so it can be scary, but trust me when you are confident it shows and your points go up!
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You pretty much end the case and have that one last plea to get the judges on your side.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s basically a conclusion of the whole case and what you proved.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NEVER BRING UP NEW MATERIAL! If you didn’t prove it/bring it up in the case, don’t bring it up in the closing statement.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bring out all of the good points to your side that you talked about in the case. You want the judges to agree completely with you and vote for your team. Closing statements help immensely with that.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These are very important and hard to master. You have to be on your toes the whole time and figure out the right questions to ask.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Usually only a few questions long. You take notes while the other team questions and then you form questions on the spot.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t be afraid to object or get objected. If you think something is objectionable, then object! (make sure to pay attention to the judges and how they are feeling about objections....some don’t like them too much). Ask a question even if it’s gonna get objected to. Just be ready for a rebuttal.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Learn them like the back of your hand. Work on memorizing all of the objections. There’s not that many, but knowing your objections and using them correctly could be the difference between winning and losing.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Shadows Into Light Two'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">BE CONFIDENT!