I know this must be getting old for all two of you, but it’s still pretty exciting for me — today we had to do a whole mock trial in my Advanced Trial Advocacy class. It was a civil case, with lots of case law, and both these things made me nervous. Nor had I had as much time as I’d wanted for prep. But the judges had glowing praise! One said that in his seven years of teaching this course, my opponent and I had given the best closing statements he’d ever seen.

More than the praise itself, is the fact that I was at best a passably good litigator when I began this class. It’s so encouraging having proof of concrete improvement — especially for someone who talks as quickly as I ordinarily do.

I know it’s pretty tasteless of me to boast about this here, like this, but all of maybe two people in the world even read this site any more, so I think my secret’s safe.