I guessed correctly then . Do I get a cookie ? <| sep |> Certainly not . You wernt bugging me I was just elaborating . There is alot of stages to it . Getting a safe , Getting a ' legitimate ' reason . There is a short basic safety class you have to attend . lotsa moving parts . But yeah , thats the way it is . Honestly I think I prefer it to the American system . But i ' d still rather some sort of in between law . <| sep |> There are plenty of mock trial videos on youtube if you want to watch some good teams at work . Please know that any advice I give you is based on what was important when I did mock trial in the U . S . I can ' t imagine the emphasis is much different in the U . K . What are your duties on the team that you ' re worried about in particular ? First things first , know your rules of evidence . Know what you ' re likely to be able to bring up in your questioning and what objections you can make to the prosecutions evidence . But also be prepared for the objections they are going to raise . You need to have your response ready when they object . You have to know the case from both sides if you ' re really going to do well . If you ' re doing the opening make sure you know what your teammate is going to try and bring up in his section so that you know what to mention and what to avoid in your opening . You should have an opening prepared and practice it ahead of time . At the same time , if you have motions in limine or aren ' t sure that something will make it into evidence then be prepared to leave it out of the opening . Make sure the theory of the case is clear and easy to relate to the audience . Make sure to establish it early and keep coming back to it for emphasis . Don ' t have a canned closing . A brief outline is fine but try to make sure that the closing is responding to the statements that were made on the stand and the evidence that was admitted . Find the weakest part of their case and make sure to hit it in closing , especially if one of their important pieces of evidence didn ' t make it in or a witness answered poorly . Bring your theory of the case up and make sure to show how the evidence presented ties back into your theory . Get good witnesses if you can . Other law students familiar with the case are nice . Practice if you get a chance . And remember , it ' s about knowing both sides of the case and not getting overly focused on your own side . If you aren ' t ready for the questions and objections your opponents are going to raise then you may be blindsided .