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Practice Court

The bedrock of Baylor's renowned advocacy training is the third-year practice court course. This ten-hour required course is dedicated to rigorous instruction in procedure and trial advocacy skills. You will study procedural law in great depth, developing the kind of precision essential to a skilled lawyer. You will also learn fundamental techniques for the trial of a jury case––direct and cross examination of witnesses, jury argument, evidence skills, voir dire examination, and jury selection––as well as the realities of modern legal practice. During the two quarters of Practice Court, you will try lawsuits from beginning to end. Your professors will challenge you to become a personally resilient individual and you will develop a new appreciation for precision in analysis, thought, expression and communication––skills that will prove invaluable to you regardless of what field of legal practice you choose to pursue. Most importantly, whether you ever see the inside of a courtroom during your career, this course prepares you to be a competent, responsible, ethical lawyer and human being. Its value will last you a lifetime.

"I felt like I was ready to try any case that came across my desk upon graduation."
Bill Jones
Class of 1985
Member of the Texas A&M Board of Regents
Partner with Locke, Liddell & Sapp, LLP
Former Counsel to the Governor of Texas
Former President, Texas Young Lawyers Association