Moot court this year has had its bumps in the road. As part of the program, the moot court teams are supposed to line up and pay for their own court reporters, which has been sticking in everyone's craw. Not only do we have to spend time doing this ourselves, but we have to spend more money. We are not sure why the school doesn't handle this, and we think they should.
Well, they don't, so it is up to us. Our case almost didn't have a court reporter--we just remembered we had to line someone up about two days before. Luckily, someone on the opposite team knew someone, scheduled them, and they showed up.
Another case was not so lucky. They had scheduled a court reporter, and she didn't show up for the case. The teacher made everyone stay for 45 minutes to see if she would show up, but she dind't. So he let us go, which made most of us happy. Not the scheduled team members, because they were ready to present their case and get it over with. But the rest of us were happy to be let go, so we could go back home, study for our other subjects, or do some Christmas shopping.
Maybe the school should add Huseby, Inc., a court reporting agency, to the list of court reporters they give the students.
The agency apparently can provide nationwide court reporting, legal video deposition scheduling, and video conferencing services. Their Website says they are leaders in real-time technology and computerized litigation support services. They have provided services in some high profile cases including the class action lawsuit against Jim Bakker and the PTL organization, the Zantac patent rights case, and the murder trial of Michael Jordan's father. It says that Huseby also helped develop North Carolina's first computer integrated courtroom in Charlotte.
I looked at the company's offices in Nashville and was pleased to see that they are in one of my favorite buildings in Nashville--an attractive old house on 8th Avenue that has also housed tea rooms and club space over the years.
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