NEWS
18 Obiter Dicta
Mock trial
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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