June 14, 2004
Oaths and Reprimands
Today, the Judge swore me in. I pledged to uphold the Constitution and a variety of other things. I wasn't expecting such a formality for a summer internship, but it was an interesting experience, nonetheless.
In other internship news, court was more exciting than usual today. The discussion ranged from mass fornication in RFK stadium to the various types of attorney sanctions. With regard to the latter, the Judge chastized an attorney to such a degree that the entire courtroom must have felt a bit uncomfortable and I desperately tried to avoid looking the browbeaten attorney in the eye.
Word to the wise: if you want to avoid costly sanctions (both personal and evidentiary) and/or being compelled to withdraw from any pending cases before a judge and/or being barred from appearing in a judge's courtroom ever again, don't wantonly deny court orders for over a year and then attempt to justify it with feeble excuses.
In other internship news, court was more exciting than usual today. The discussion ranged from mass fornication in RFK stadium to the various types of attorney sanctions. With regard to the latter, the Judge chastized an attorney to such a degree that the entire courtroom must have felt a bit uncomfortable and I desperately tried to avoid looking the browbeaten attorney in the eye.
Word to the wise: if you want to avoid costly sanctions (both personal and evidentiary) and/or being compelled to withdraw from any pending cases before a judge and/or being barred from appearing in a judge's courtroom ever again, don't wantonly deny court orders for over a year and then attempt to justify it with feeble excuses.
