Last day of onsite
I woke up early this morning and my heart was full of dread. I got to college and everyone, just like me, were dressed in suits. I felt nervous, I know I shouldn't have, after all I did prepare like 2 days earlier and doing a hearing in court was not exactly an unfamiliar practise.
I got into court room 307a, level 3 of the college building. Everybody was stressing, it made me stressed! I pulled a chair from the front row of the room and pulled it in the back corner so I could hide until it was time for my hearing. The judge came into the room and guess who's turn it was first? well, it was mine so no luck hiding in the back corner. I went up to the bar table and did my submission. Unfortunately I was not successful in getting my interlocutory order, but I did successfully establish the my client's contract was established in the US and not Australia. I think I did ok in the hearing.
I had lunch in the forum with some class mates in the Forum at St Leonards, discussed how we went in the hearing and college, and our backgrounds etc etc.
Time for assessment number two on the agenda, a plea in mitigation (pleading guilty to a crime). Lucky me I was number two on order of the list. I went up, slightly nervous because of I was unfamiliar with the judge. I went through my submissions and finished. The judge grilled me, unfairly in some respects, on my submission but said I had a confident and good style. Oh well, I was done!
Time to celebrate, wished good luck to my remaining class mates in the hearing room, rushed off to St Leonards station and waited for the train to take me to Chatswood for a shopping trip.
I ended up buying two dvds, I bought "Crash", an Academy award winning film I had not heard about for a present for a friend who recently turned 20, and the special edition 2 Disc Batman Begins DVD. Yay Batman! I'll watch it tonight.
Had sweet onion teriyaki sub for dinner, I don't think I'll be eating subway any time soon lol. Attended club o, life group was great, and then Malaysian Dance Party 2006! Skanked around for a few hours, got tired at 2am and then decided to leave. Walked from the station, a pleasant 25 min trek in the dark on a rain drenched road and now I'm here blogging away cos I feel like it.
I got into court room 307a, level 3 of the college building. Everybody was stressing, it made me stressed! I pulled a chair from the front row of the room and pulled it in the back corner so I could hide until it was time for my hearing. The judge came into the room and guess who's turn it was first? well, it was mine so no luck hiding in the back corner. I went up to the bar table and did my submission. Unfortunately I was not successful in getting my interlocutory order, but I did successfully establish the my client's contract was established in the US and not Australia. I think I did ok in the hearing.
I had lunch in the forum with some class mates in the Forum at St Leonards, discussed how we went in the hearing and college, and our backgrounds etc etc.
Time for assessment number two on the agenda, a plea in mitigation (pleading guilty to a crime). Lucky me I was number two on order of the list. I went up, slightly nervous because of I was unfamiliar with the judge. I went through my submissions and finished. The judge grilled me, unfairly in some respects, on my submission but said I had a confident and good style. Oh well, I was done!
Time to celebrate, wished good luck to my remaining class mates in the hearing room, rushed off to St Leonards station and waited for the train to take me to Chatswood for a shopping trip.
I ended up buying two dvds, I bought "Crash", an Academy award winning film I had not heard about for a present for a friend who recently turned 20, and the special edition 2 Disc Batman Begins DVD. Yay Batman! I'll watch it tonight.
Had sweet onion teriyaki sub for dinner, I don't think I'll be eating subway any time soon lol. Attended club o, life group was great, and then Malaysian Dance Party 2006! Skanked around for a few hours, got tired at 2am and then decided to leave. Walked from the station, a pleasant 25 min trek in the dark on a rain drenched road and now I'm here blogging away cos I feel like it.
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