LAW-0016 National Moot Court Team
Team members get a firm knowledge of the rules of trial procedure: conducting opening and closing arguments; direct and cross-examinations; and learning how rules of evidence can affect a case. Youll get the skills to develop a theory of a case: researching and deciding what the most important facts are, and then arraying the evidence in a way that supports those facts to focus a jury. Most importantly, youll learn how to conduct yourself in a courtroom, and present the facts - relating to a jury as a person, instead of a lawyer. They have every skill a trial lawyer should have, says Professor Timothy Wilton, National Trial Team director, after they leave this program, they can try a case better than most trial lawyers in the District Courts of Massachusetts. After graduation, team members have gone on to become successful DAs, trial lawyers and judges. One alumnus now in the spotlight is Hank Brennan, a former prosecutor in Essex and Suffolk counties, who served as co-lead counsel in the South Boston murder trial of reputed mobster James Whitey Bulger.