On Friday the 10th of November 35 others and I took part in the public access to law extra curricular course. This course was a small look into the life of a solicitor or barrister. The women running the course was named Mary Bunyan who was a very nice women and experienced lawyer. I really like law and am considering entering the course in my college years. We began our course first thing in the morning and we were going to be missing all of our classes. For the first 2 hours of the course we read through court cases, looked at the facts which proved the clients innocent or guilty and watched a short film of a specific case. After listening to some crazy things that happen throughout the world we went for our break. After coming back from our break we began to simulate mock trials which were good fun. In the first one I was trying to get a part as a barrister but she didn't pick my hand so I was in the jury. The first case dealt with a father who was an alcoholic and gambler who was accusing his daughters boy friend who he was not fond of at all that he had burnt down €30,000 worth of damages from his house. In the end Tadgh's prosecution was the most compelling and we voted that the child was guilty. In the second trial I got the place as a witness and it was really fun because I was much more engaged then the last trial. My case dealt with a road rage which turned into a assault against my character. In the end my lawyers weren't very compelling and my group lost the case. I really enjoyed the day and would recommend it to everyone.