Chicago-Kent College of Law Viewbook - (Page 14) On Being a Team Player Joshua Jones, second-year student Joshua Jones teamed up with third-year student Keya Rajput to win the 32nd annual National Trial Competition in Houston in spring 2007. The contest involved more than 1,000 students on 280 teams representing 147 U.S. law schools. I started competing in mock trials in high school. The Trial Advocacy Program was one of the reasons I decided to come to Chicago-Kent. Also I really liked the feel of the place—it didn’t seem as pretentious as some other schools I visited. The students seemed genuinely interested, not as if they had something to prove. The same went for the faculty— they weren’t just playing the professor role. The whole-team aspect at Chicago-Kent is different from how I competed in the past. On my undergrad team, everyone was out for themselves, nothing really held us together. Here we’re a very close group. Team members who didn’t make it to the nationals came down to Texas to help out—we had the largest entourage in the gallery. During practice, they’d prepare the case and argue it against us, and they did research so we’d have case law to cite. I genuinely love getting a case and trying to figure out the best way to advocate for a position. I also like to see other people learning the craft. That’s part of the reason I’m coaching undergrads. I’ve gained so much from trial advocacy, I’m obligated to give back.
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