A great day today! Lots of interaction with the other solicitors and able to start to get involved within some of the processes.
9:00 am: analysed the cases for tomorrows court. Using the magistrates handbook ran through the likely sentences.
11:00 am: carried out legal research for a case of appeal on a SOPO and discussed with advocate.
1:45 pm: lunch. Make sure sometimes you give yourself a bit of space to reflect. Although don't do this at the expense of relations at the firm.
2:45 pm: ran over a couple more cases before court tomorrow.
4:00 pm: one of the solicitors took us through a case explaining how she approaches, carries out and concludes a case. We then ran through a practice case and picked apart evidence to try and form a case.
5:30 pm: heading on home.
Really proved to myself that this is that I want to do today. I love forming cases and picking apart evidence, looking for the flaws and holes. It seems that the method is very similar to writing an essay in History, finding your facts backed up with evidence and forming your argument.
Although I have really enjoyed experience within the firm, my favourite parts have certainly been in court and researching higher level cases. For this reason I am hoping to find some experience at the bar just to try out the other side!
Court tomorrow!
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