(solved) Court Visit Assignment

Running head: COURT VISIT
Court visit
Name of the Student
Name of the university
Author note

1COURT VISIT
For a legal student visiting a court for the first time is always very special because it is
where there future lies. It provides the visitor practical knowledge about how things work in
relation to a real life court system. In addition a practical court visit also provides the visitor the
knowledge in relation to the etiquettes which needs to be maintained in the court room. In this
paper I am going to share my experience with respect to the court visited by me.
I had personally visited the San Bernardino County Superior Court. The motto of the
court states that it exist to protect and preserve rights of others and to give effect to a fair
resolution with respect to all kinds of dispute brought before the court.
I decided to visit the court on Tuesday the 17th of October. The court has various
divisions such as civil, criminal, family law, Juvenile, mental health, probate, small claims and
appeals. Before going to the court I have researched about the rules of the court has provided in
its official website. I visited the civil section of the court because I have particular interest in
civil matters such as the law of contracts and the law of torts.
I visited the S7 court room of the court which was presided by Judge John P. While
entering the court I had to go through various security checks and I was provided with certain
instructions about how to behave inside the court.
The proceedings of the court usually starts at 8:30 a.m and it was no different that day.
Instructions were provided by the sheriff and the case which I witnessed in the court was in
relation to an offence of drunken driving.
Everyone stood up when the judge had entered the court room. The name of the
defendant of the suit was Angela Burton. She had been charged in relation to DUI three times but
had failed to appear before the court. The court had issued warrants along with financial