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Sorry to hear you don’t feel good about how it went! I have my first arb coming up! What do you wish you had done differently?
Thank you!!! Good luck!! I guess I wish I would have made sure I understood exceptions to certain objections better (such as hearsay). I also asked open ended questions on cross, giving the opposing party witness an opportunity to say something other than what I want them to say. I should have asked leading questions to get specific admissions. I also waited until my closing argument to bring up one of my most important defenses. I think it’s hard to prepare for anything and everything, especially when you’re just starting out. The partner’s feedback was super critical and made me feel like an idiot. But guess what? I won the arb :) and you will too:)
What did the partner say in terms of feedback? It could be that there's plenty of room for improvement but you actually did fine for your level of experience (think of all the red ink that a solid draft may get).
He commented on my cross examination style (I shouldn’t have asked so many open ended questions) and saving my best defense for my closing argument (because I froze up) and not demanding I be heard on a child witness competency issue at the beginning of the hearing...but I won :)
What did the partner say?