All of you lovely people need to hear this short story. Today, as part of civil advocacy, where I had to make an application to the court to set aside default judgment, I was nervous, stood up and managed something that could be understood. I was surprised how nervous I was, and simultaneously how well I did, I didn’t do great, but the tutors feedback indicated that I did well for a first time.

I got the law correct. The let down was not being confident enough, and not standing tall. I will do better. But for a first attempt, I say again I did better than expected. I had 8 minutes for my submissions to the judge (ma’am) and 2 minutes for a reply.

Next time we are tasked with application for summary judgment. To be honest, civil litigation has been rather fun. Throw in some drafting of defence and counterclaim and we have potential for cash income.

“Were you having trouble keeping eye contact?”

“It’s hard to keep eye contact when you’re nervous.”

The lectern from which I spoke was about a foot from the tutor… haha I find this hilarious. On a final positive note, I did better than expected. I have to remain positive.