Ironically, our smallest group of law students at this point in the semester comes from the National Aviation University, with a student population of 35,000. We found upon arrival that the most fluent English speaking students from our class had been invited by the faculty to attend a special program at the U.S. Embassy.
Nevertheless, we proceeded to practice the closing argument with the smaller group in attendance tonight. In order to help them to be better prepared, Olga and I counseled with and helped them with lingering questions and concerns, and then we allowed both the students presenting for the prosecution and the defense to meet together to give mutual support in their final preparations.
The end result exceeded my expectations. We had very good performances from several students, including especially Katya, who is very fluent in English, having been an exchange student in Texas for nine months. Overall I was pleased with the effort, and hope to see the other stronger students return next week to work on opening statements.
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