Day Four, 10 March 2017

Today my mentor and I went to the courthouse in San Francisco for an appearance. As we entered the courtroom, I sat down next to other lawyers who were there. My mentor then took us to a room behind the courtroom before the trial begun. In that room was the judge, who was sitting at his desk, along with other lawyers. My mentor introduced me to the judge and the judge asked me questions about my project and my future plans. He wished me luck if I ever wanted to pursue a career as a lawyer. Although I wasn't planning on becoming a lawyer in the future, it was nice to have a judge give his blessing. After 30 minutes of lawyers talking among themselves, we all went back into the courtroom. The judge then put on his robe and the trial began. It was a bit difficult to follow what was going on, as it was only the first appearance of the case. There was a lot of negotiating between my mentor, the other lawyer, and the judge. Afterwards, my mentor and I sat in the hall and he told me what just happened. Basically, they were still awaiting more information from the clients and that there would be more action on the other appearances. My mentor then took me to a cafe within the courthouse and we drank tea, discussing his future court appearances that I could attend.


Time logged for this session: 3.5 hours
Total time logged: 15.5 hours

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