UN I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N
Thursday, February 1, 1996
5A
Steve Puppe / KANSAN
First-year law students watch court in session at the Snell courtroom. The students had the opportunity to see how the courtroom functions during the hearing, which is held intermittently on campus.
Court, class are now in session
Judges conduct trials for KU law students
By David Teska Kansan staff writer
With the words, "All rise," the bailiff brought both the courtroom—and the classroom—to order.
For two days this week, a three-judge panel from the Kansas Court of Appeals in Topeka heard eight cases in the Snell Courtroom of Green Hall. In addition to being actual court cases, the hearings give first-year law students a glimpse at how a true courtrooms operates. The hearings have been held intermittently on campus for several years.
"For me personally, it's a chance to learn the basics of the appellate process," said Greg G arhart, Topeka first-year law student.
Attending hearings also gave him the opportunity to understand the
interaction that occurs between the judges and attornes, he said.
Steve McAllister, associate professor of law, said much of what students learn about in the adjudication process came from the classroom, so attending a hearing helped to build the students' self-confidence in their abilities to present a case before a judge.
"It dispels a lot of myths about the process," he said.
McAllister said law students took a course in appellate advocacy in the second semester of law school. In that class, the students have to defend a hypothetical case. Seeing lawyers work in a courtroom exposes them to a broad range of presentation styles and abilities.
"They'll see lawyers who are effective and attorneys who aren't prepared." McAllister said.
After the trial, which is without a jury and heard before three judges, the students discuss the law with the judges, McAllister said.
Kansas legal system
The Kansas legal system is divided into three parts. First come the 105 district courts, which can have from one to 20 judges, depending on the size and population of the county. The Douglas County District Court has five judges on the court.
District court cases that get appealed go to the Kansas Court of Appeals. From its panel of nine judges, three are assembled to hear appeals. Appellants who lose have one more step—the seven judges of the Kansas Supreme Court. Those seeking an appeal hearing before the Kansas Supreme Court aren't guaranteed a hearing because the court has discretion on what cases it hears. Kansas hasn't always had a court of appeals. Before 1977, all cases appealed from the district courts went directly to the Kansas Supreme Court.
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