it's all moot

It's an intense week at the little law school on the prairie. It's moot week. Based on the definition of moot, one would think that this wouldn't be a big deal. However, not at the LLSOTP. This is the week where all the first years appear in moot court. We have to prepare either an appeal or a response to the appeal and go in and argue it in front of professors and upper year students acting as Judges.

Generally it creates a lot of tension, stress and high anxiety. Having worked in media relations as long as I have, getting up, speaking and answering questions will be no big deal. It's the law that's tough, plus the facts don't go my way. I'm arguing to uphold the conviction of a mother who blew up a cliff to save her family (who weren't actually in danger, but she didn't know). However, I must be more stressed than I thought because today has been a study in procrastination. I moot this Friday, but spent the day grocery shopping, getting a hair cut, doing laundry, doing dishes, cleaning my apartment. Hell, I even vacuumed.

Anyways, it's back to the moot work. I did a quick search to see what I could find on mooting to try to provide some context to the post, and found this great video from the big law school on the prairie.