Day 3
Tuesday July 31st,

Woke up today @ 7:00 am and went for breakfast with my friends. I had French toast and a blueberry muffin. We were supposed to meet at UCLA School of Law @ 9:00am but we were 10 minutes late because we were helping a UCLA student find a wheelchair path up the hill because she couldn't go up stairs in a wheelchair. We arrived at 9:10 and immediately went into studying the difference between direct evidence and circumstantial evidence.

At 10:00am we split up into our 2 groups (Prosecuting V. Defending) and Robert C. A. came to assist us with perfecting our various roles. Susan and I thought he was one of the most helpful speakers yet. He specifically came over to us for about 10 minutes and worked with us on our rough draft of the pretrial motion.

At lunch, we had Panda Express in the law court yard. We were lucky enough to meet 3 or 4 UCLA law school grads who came and ate lunch with all of the summer law students. The lady that sat at our table was 24 years old and recently gradated UCLA. Suhagey was very bright and intelligent and answered the many questions we had for her about law. She was nice enough to give us her email address so we can contact her if we have further questions about resumes and other college questions.

@ 1pm we met in room 1420 where lawyers sat in a row in the front of the class. Leo T-C. (UCLA school of law academic outreach research center) spoke first.

Leo said "Make the most of your educational opportunities today! In the long run you'll have a huge plate of opportunities to choose from because of your extensive educational background now!"

Sophia C. (Attorney with Jones Day) she gave great advice "Its about choices, life can take you anywhere, just dedicate yourself and you will succeed."

Brian W. (California attorney school of justice) Brian said, "You have to make sacrifices in order to succeed; family, children, and spouses. But in the long run it pays off, but don't forget that families are first."

April C. (a major in Business who externed for a federal judge) took a public speaking class which she feels really helped her in her law profession.

Katrina D. (Attorney) advised us to “Pick a major you love, because in order to do well in your chosen career, you must enjoy what you do."

We then went into room 1420 next door and there was another law career panel sitting in the front of the class. Hector G. (L.A. District Attorneys Office). Hector said, "The community I work with is very diverse; I've worked with all ethnicities.” The hardest part is getting started, said Darci L. (L.A District Attorneys Office). Darci gave this advice, "Sacrifices are huge, I gave up 2/3 of a pay cut but in the end it was the best thing I've ever done. I've been a defense attorney for 8 years and I'm very happy with my choice."

Rigoberto A. (L.A. Public Defenders Office) "Go out and meet other people: get familiar with community around you. We have difficult clients; drug consumers, alcoholics, etc. But you have to learn how to put your personal feelings about the issue aside and deal with the case fairly."

Kimberly C.(Defense Attorney) Kimberly explains her experience, "Law school is a lot like high school: lockers and a huge workload!”

After the career panel was finished speaking, we went back to our Classroom where we met Casey H. (UCLA admissions email address chunter@saonet.ucla.edu (310)206-0480.) He spoke to us about the requirements to get admitted into UCLA. From the A-G requirements to the Average 3.0 GPA, he covered it all. I found Mr. H. to be very intelligent and a good person to go to if you want to get information and seek advice for college.

On the way back to Hendrick Hall for dinner, we stopped by the UCLA library to take pictures. After dinner, we met back in our original classrooms to debrief our day and discussed its pros and cons.

.Following that, we watched “12 Angry Men” the old classic black and white movie about 12 Jurors and their experience in being a jury.

Following the movie we split into 6 groups and discussed whether we personally thought that the defendant was guilty or innocent. It was our job to get every one in the class to unanimously vote one way or the other before we got to go to sleep. After much deliberation, all 50 of us agreed that the defendant was innocent. But, of course, there was one person in class who insisted on arguing that the defendant was guilty and there was no one who could change his mind. Unfortunately it was 11 o’clock at night and we had just about had it for the day and weren't about to put up with his "guilty vote." We became “49 Angry Teenagers”. He finally gave in, voting “not guilty”, after several threats of people getting him when he's sleeping.

We had a party in our dorms that night with all our friends to celebrate the success of the law school program so far, and how much fun we're having!

<3 Brittany

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