Marina Biragova, LL.M. Candidate 2016, reports:
The trip to the 19th JDC was a complete success: students were very excited to observe American civil procedure. We attended a jury trial and LL.M. students were introduced to the judge during the hearing (now LL.M. Candidates 2016 will stay forever on the court record).
Then we met with Hon. Judge Holdridge, and we went trough the trial procedures from A to Z and did a mock trial. The students were amazed how different the procedure was from what they saw back home. After the mock trial, judge Holdridge stayed with the LL.M. Students to answer our questions.
All Judges were very excited to meet LL.M. Students and Judge Feilds mentioned that next time if we tell him in advance, he will our let students sit with him on the bench during the hearing.
