Sunday, May 31, 2015
Last Blog Post
For my last blog post, I will talk about my plans for the future. I will be taking my accumulated knowledge from the senior project with me to UCI in the fall. It has been a great journey and time for the summer!
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Blog 23: Final Lesson Reflection
(1) Positive Statement
What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
I am most proud of my mock trial activity due to the fact that a lot of people were engaged, almost everyone participated and many told me that they enjoyed it.
(2) Questions to Consider
a. What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
My research definitely worked the best for me, my sources were strong, my content was understandable throughout the presentation because I was able to grasp the info from my research.
(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
I was really nervous in my presentation, so I would go back and calm some of my nerves definitely. And since one of my research notebooks was lost, I would keep better track of them.
(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.
My senior proect was helpful because I want to study law in the future and in taking law classes I now have acquired tons of knowledge on the field as well as I now have a huge notebook and two law books to study from.
What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
I am most proud of my mock trial activity due to the fact that a lot of people were engaged, almost everyone participated and many told me that they enjoyed it.
(2) Questions to Consider
a. What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
AE P AP CR NC
(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
My research definitely worked the best for me, my sources were strong, my content was understandable throughout the presentation because I was able to grasp the info from my research.
(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
I was really nervous in my presentation, so I would go back and calm some of my nerves definitely. And since one of my research notebooks was lost, I would keep better track of them.
(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.
My senior proect was helpful because I want to study law in the future and in taking law classes I now have acquired tons of knowledge on the field as well as I now have a huge notebook and two law books to study from.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Blog 22: Mentorship
Content:
LIA Response to blog:
Literal
· Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties updated on the right hand side of your blog
See Senior Project Hours
· Contact Name and Mentorship Place
Robert Domineo and Public Defender's Office at the West Covina Courthouse
Interpretive
What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
The most important thing I gained is that I came to understand the work life of a lawyer in the courthouse. Previous to this project, I didn't fully know what exactly criminal lawyers did. The only real knowledge I had was the cliche tv show lawyer concept. I got to see all the work and stress that the lawyers have to do out of the spotlight of the courtroom, and it was truly enlightening to experience.
Applied
How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ? Please explain.
My experience at mentorship is what shaped my essential question. I focused on misedemeanor cases because that's what they focus on in the courthouse, and alot of what I saw when mentoring was the client interview. So, it also benefitted my research in comparison to what was happening in real life. It basically allowed me to fact check my research and see how beneficial or not what I was reading was.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Blog 21: Exit Interview
Content:
(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers? What is your best answer and why?
EQ: What strategy is most beneficial to defend a client in a misdemeanor case?
Best Answer: The strategy that is most beneficial proactive listening to the clients specific needs and background story. Although both of my other answers were extremely beneficial, there were beneficial in only specific scenarios while this answer can be used in every single situation.
(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?
Each of my answers were focused on the different stages of dealing with a client. First, the client interview, then arraignment, then trial. This answer had to do with the client interview, so while looking up strategies to interview I thought about psychology and how the therapists get clients to open up and I saw the connection between the two and looked for research in that area.
(3) What problems did you face? How did you resolve them?
The problems were that a lot of the research was geared toward psychology, business, etc. And then I resolved that by basically looking for how it was similar and trying to find more strategies that lawyers shared that were helpful and matched the ones that were similar.
(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?
The two most significant sources I use to answer my essential question are:
California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice
Ruddy, Sara H., Nancy Yuenger, and Jeff Adachi. California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice. Oakland, CA: Continuing Education of the Bar--California, 2008. Print.
and
Calfornia Penal Code
California Penal Code 2014 With Selected Provisions from Other Codes and Rules of Court: Desktop Edition.. California: West , 2013. Print.
California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice
Ruddy, Sara H., Nancy Yuenger, and Jeff Adachi. California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice. Oakland, CA: Continuing Education of the Bar--California, 2008. Print.
and
Calfornia Penal Code
California Penal Code 2014 With Selected Provisions from Other Codes and Rules of Court: Desktop Edition.. California: West , 2013. Print.
These two are the most significant because they are both in use by the lawyers at my mentorship. The first really helped me understand how the courtroom works and the rules and regulations so I could understand the cases at mentorship and the ones I read for research. The second, is the law and charges in raw legal text. It's one of my most significant because it's basically a primary source of the law.
Monday, April 27, 2015
April Post: Did he commit a crime?
In response to this short article, the question posed is whether or not the car maintenance person at the dealership committed a crime.
The incriminating factor is that the dash cam picked up that the maintenance person achieved speeds of 96mph while doing a test drive.
With short supply of evidence provided in the article, one can not be sure about the specific charges that would be brought up. But is it a crime to do this in a test drive?
I believe that some questions of background research should be done,
Was there a necessity to achieve this speed to test the car? Although I have little knowledge about car maintenance, I highly doubt that it would be necessary.
Was this car being driven on a street with a set speed limit for safety reasons? If the car was breaching a speed limit then it is automatically considered breaking the law, which is a crime.
Did this action breach some type of consumer contract of taking care of the car? If driving the car at that speed is detrimental to the vehicle, then it may cause a breach of contract which then raises legal concerns.
At this point, with such little information it is unknown whether this a crime or not. If it is not necessary to the testing of the car, then it should not be done. If it did not break any laws, it still should not be done. If it breached a consumer contract, it definitely should not be done. The pattern shows that even though the act is in question of being a crime, it is not in question of being something that should not have been committed.
Skills for Presenting
Throughout my research, I found some skills to be helpful while giving speeches and arguments.
Many of the issues that come up throughout different speeches is that nervousness causes a involuntary change of breathing, rapidly increasing breath or lack of balance between each breath. When this occurs, it affects the speech making it seem unnatural due to pauses out of place to breathe.
In order to prevent this from happening, take calm monitored breaths before presenting. Then before starting breathe in, and exhale while speaking out. This will best apprehend uneasiness and unnatural breath.
Another issue that can be distracting while giving a speech is figiting and excess movement. This is caused by the adrenaline flow through the body and can be detrimental to the speech. Movements such as pacing or voice shakiness can distract the audience from the point of the speech.
The way to get rid of this to plant feet down and wiggle your toes to get the jitters out and then maintain a strong stance by having feet shoulder length apart and good posture. Having good posture shows that one has confidence in what they are saying and causes the audience to believe in more of what is being shared. Also an inviting posture attracts the audience to want to pay attention to the person speaking. When I gave a speech with a defensive commanding body structure, members of the audience picked up on that as a negative aspect of my presenting.
Nervous speakers often get tongue tied by saying the words too rapidly, which then confuses the audience and takes away from the argument at hand. In one debate, I spoke quickly giving off the sense of nervousness throughout. Although my arguments were stronger than those of my opponents, the audience still chose the winner to be my opponent due to the fact that I sounded weaker.
Apprehending this is simple, practice the speech. Learning the balance and importance of pauses throughout a speech can be greatly beneficial to persuading the audience. When writing a speech, put commas not only where it is grammatically correct but also when it is necessary for speaking as a reminder of when to pause. While reading a speech, try to maintain some type of balance throughout the flow of how you read each sentence, while still emphasizing on key words and phrases when necessary.
Altogether, these are the main concerns I found throughout my research and how to best overcome them.
They all are a part of maintaining my third answer which is having a clear and commanding presence while communicating.
Many of the issues that come up throughout different speeches is that nervousness causes a involuntary change of breathing, rapidly increasing breath or lack of balance between each breath. When this occurs, it affects the speech making it seem unnatural due to pauses out of place to breathe.
In order to prevent this from happening, take calm monitored breaths before presenting. Then before starting breathe in, and exhale while speaking out. This will best apprehend uneasiness and unnatural breath.
Another issue that can be distracting while giving a speech is figiting and excess movement. This is caused by the adrenaline flow through the body and can be detrimental to the speech. Movements such as pacing or voice shakiness can distract the audience from the point of the speech.
The way to get rid of this to plant feet down and wiggle your toes to get the jitters out and then maintain a strong stance by having feet shoulder length apart and good posture. Having good posture shows that one has confidence in what they are saying and causes the audience to believe in more of what is being shared. Also an inviting posture attracts the audience to want to pay attention to the person speaking. When I gave a speech with a defensive commanding body structure, members of the audience picked up on that as a negative aspect of my presenting.
Nervous speakers often get tongue tied by saying the words too rapidly, which then confuses the audience and takes away from the argument at hand. In one debate, I spoke quickly giving off the sense of nervousness throughout. Although my arguments were stronger than those of my opponents, the audience still chose the winner to be my opponent due to the fact that I sounded weaker.
Apprehending this is simple, practice the speech. Learning the balance and importance of pauses throughout a speech can be greatly beneficial to persuading the audience. When writing a speech, put commas not only where it is grammatically correct but also when it is necessary for speaking as a reminder of when to pause. While reading a speech, try to maintain some type of balance throughout the flow of how you read each sentence, while still emphasizing on key words and phrases when necessary.
Altogether, these are the main concerns I found throughout my research and how to best overcome them.
They all are a part of maintaining my third answer which is having a clear and commanding presence while communicating.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Blog 19: Independent Component 2
LITERAL
(a) Include this statement: “I, Givanti C, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 32 hours of work.”
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
Kuhn, Deanna, and Wadiya Udell. "The Development of Argument Skills." Education for Thinking. Web. 13 Mar. 2015.
(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (See Senior Project Hours link)
(d) Explain what you completed.
For my independent component I studied skills toward persuasive argumentative techniques. I then used these techniques in debate throught the debate club at ipoly. I tried different forms of preparation, speaking tones, and body structure while giving speeches and debating. In debate, we do tournaments where a class of students vote and give feedback on the way both people argued and presented. Using the comments provided by the students, I then came up with what I found to be successful and what did not work well.
INTERPRETIVE
Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work. Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.
The purpose of my work was focused on my last answer in relevance to success during trials. In trials, attorney's have to persuade the jury to decide in their favor. I wanted to focus this independent component on how to be successful in persuasion and presentation. My research was the foundation for the trial and error process of this component. In trying the different strategies I found in research, I found the most beneficial techniques.
APPLIED
How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.
This component specifically helped with my answer 3, which is having a clear and commanding presence while communicating. I found that I got the attention of more students when my body was positioned in an inviting manner rather than a defensive one. However, I needed to maintain confidence and strength in my position while still remaining to be inviting. Also, in accordance with being clear, no matter how great my evidence was, if I stuttered or faltered then I would immediately be seen as losing. Using both of those specific experiences, I found that my answer 3 remains with it's importance of specifying a clear and commanding presence.
(a) Include this statement: “I, Givanti C, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 32 hours of work.”
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
Kuhn, Deanna, and Wadiya Udell. "The Development of Argument Skills." Education for Thinking. Web. 13 Mar. 2015.
(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (See Senior Project Hours link)
(d) Explain what you completed.
For my independent component I studied skills toward persuasive argumentative techniques. I then used these techniques in debate throught the debate club at ipoly. I tried different forms of preparation, speaking tones, and body structure while giving speeches and debating. In debate, we do tournaments where a class of students vote and give feedback on the way both people argued and presented. Using the comments provided by the students, I then came up with what I found to be successful and what did not work well.
INTERPRETIVE
Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work. Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.
The purpose of my work was focused on my last answer in relevance to success during trials. In trials, attorney's have to persuade the jury to decide in their favor. I wanted to focus this independent component on how to be successful in persuasion and presentation. My research was the foundation for the trial and error process of this component. In trying the different strategies I found in research, I found the most beneficial techniques.
APPLIED
How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.
This component specifically helped with my answer 3, which is having a clear and commanding presence while communicating. I found that I got the attention of more students when my body was positioned in an inviting manner rather than a defensive one. However, I needed to maintain confidence and strength in my position while still remaining to be inviting. Also, in accordance with being clear, no matter how great my evidence was, if I stuttered or faltered then I would immediately be seen as losing. Using both of those specific experiences, I found that my answer 3 remains with it's importance of specifying a clear and commanding presence.
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