"Objection" "I rest my case" I was amazed how much law lingo the students already had in their schema.
One of my student's father is the local magistrate. We were reading about patent attorneys & inventors, so we went down the local court house to settle a "patent civil case"
Two students played patent attorneys. Two played inventors claiming the invention. Two were witnesses. One was the judge and one was the court clerk. They were given a general outline for the court case and they each prepared statements and ad-libbed questions. "Are you lying?" One attorney even prepared video evidence which was shown as "Exhibit A"
The witness being sworn in by the clerk. The students were curious what happens if someone does lie in court. We were told that was called "Purjury" and that you can get in trouble by it.
They also asked some great questions "Is it hard to make a decision?" "Are people sometimes sad?"
It was an awesome real world experience.
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