You should have practiced the presentations several times so that you fill the allotted time. However, you will be interrupted during your argument by persons playing the role of appellate court judges who may interrupt to ask questions. Assignment of students as appellate court judges. Up to four students will be assigned at the beginning of each oral argument to serve as appellate court judges that day. Your job is to question the presenters during the course of their arguments.
News analyses .
In addition to your oral argument, you will each be expected to present to the class a news article that is related to psychology and law. This exercise will be a practice-run for your oral arguments later in the semester and will show you that it is possible to speak in front of the class and survive. You will be graded on the number and quality of legal issues raised. You may not use an article from the Colorado Springs Gazette or the Denver papers as these are usually too sketchy for our purposes. In order to avoid multiple reports of the same news event, you must clear your article with me during class time at least one week before your presentation.