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Elle Woods' law school
What is Harvard?
The word you say when opposing council violates an evidentiary rule.
What is objection?
Objection for an out of court statement
What is hearsay?
You must sign up for this to be considered for the BGSU Mock trial team
What is an audition?
The first speech of the trial.
What are opening statements?
Saul Goodman's slogan
What is "Better call Saul?"
The phrase you use when asking to approach the judge.
What is "Permission to approach the bench?"
Objection when opposing council is yelling/berating/cutting off the witness.
What is badgering?
The city BGSU Mock trial's regional competition is in.
What is Dayton?
A series of questions meant to diminish the credibility of a witness.
What is cross examination?
The number of cases Vinny Gambini won before representing his cousin in court.
What is zero?
The act of opposing council pointing out inconsistencies with your witness' in court testimony and their affidavit.
What is impeachment?
Objection for when a line of questioning confuses the issues, is related to a prior bad act committed a long time ago, or is not helpful to proving the facts of the case.
What is more prejudicial than probative?
The number of witnesses and attorneys on each side
What is three?
A series of questions meant to bolster your witness' credibility
What is direct examination?
Phoenix Wright is one of the playable characters in this video game.
What is Ace Attorney?
What you do whenever the judge leaves or comes into the room.
What is stand?
Objection for when opposing council asks questions unrelated to your questioning during cross/redirect examination
What is out of scope?
The maximum amount of students a team can have.
What is ten?
The latest possible time a trial can conclude before all participating parties automatically lose one ballot.
What is all loss?
The law professor, Annaliese Keating, is from this show.
What is How to Get Away with Murder.
This is done before every trial to ensure that all witnesses are under oath.
What is swearing in of witnesses?
This is an exception to hearsay (multiple answers).
What is not for the truth, party opponent, excited utterance, state of mind, present sense impression, public record etc
The term for ranking teams based on skill level.
What is stacking?
The goal for competition is for teams to win as many as possible-The highest number they can get is 12.
What are ballots?