Obiter Dicta Issue 11 - February 23, 2015 | Page 18

NEWS 18  Obiter Dicta Mock trial » continued from COVER of over-worked, perpetually exhausted, and invariably spread thin law students, but you’d never know it from watching Mock Trial. Not only did it have gusto, the live music, dancing, singing, and acting were all far more polished than they should have been given our packed schedules. Put simply, all elements of Mock Trial were top-notch, and y’all made it look easy. Having been blessed with 8:30 am classes five days a week, I thought it best to attend the more tame of the two nights. Consequently, while I can only speak to Wednesday’s performance, the faint but discernible smell of stale beer throughout Gowlings Hall on Friday morning told me that Thursday evening’s show lived up to its legacy. Kendall: It certainly did. (With respect to 8:30 am classes five days a week, a lesson for you 1Ls: avoid these like the plague. Seriously, like you’re running for your life from 28 Days Later-style zombies in a The Road-style apocalypse.) There are precious few moments in a packed year that leave me more glowing with pride at the efforts of my colleagues than the two evenings of Mock Trial. Amidst the inevitable chaos, dozens of ambitious future lawyers set their academic interests aside for two months in service of a higher cause: the creation of five hours of Broadway-level enchantment. K a rolin a : Though each number had noteworthy qualities, we simply can’t canvass each individual one. Consequently, our review here will be woefully incomplete, offering just a snapshot of the whole. Caveats aside, the Mean Judges digital skit which opened the show was unbelievably on point. It’s become somewhat of a cliché that “law school is just like high school, only harder.” Kate Henley and Christopher West saw that trite truism and raised it one scathing, satirical treatment. The result was fantastic. I expect Alessia Crescenzi’s Beverley McLachlin to go down in Mock Trial history. Kendall: The conceit of Mean Girls sprinkled with liberal literary doses of Kate Henley & Christopher West + the acting genius of three incredible women + JC as LeBel and JF as Nadon = an explosive combination. It’s a testament to the minds behind Mock Trial that it takes some of the most controversia