Court Observation

I didn’t attend the court observation but I was able to join the live stream. Even though the live stream was a little  laggy or maybe it was my wifi, I was able to see it. I like how the attorneys would go back and forth with each other. They looked formal and they were well prepared. And I know it take a lot to be well organized and well-prepare to go against someone. This is something I enjoyed and wished I was there to observe rather than online. I also watched the case with Kyle Rittenhouse I believe was the name and I saw how his attorney was ready and formal. He was also formal and prepared to make Kyle look good.  Looking at this made me realize that I like this and it could be something I would like to do. 

Law In Culture

For this assignment I chose the movie “The Clovehitch Killer” By: Christopher Ford. This movie was released on September 22, 2018

 

This is my second time watching the movie because I really enjoyed watching “The Clovehitch Killer ”. I love watching anything that is thrilling and mysterious. This movie was essentially about a perfect family that had the afternoon as “family time” and they even went to church. The gossip that was going around at Tyler school is that there is a serial killer going around and killing people. Every time the serial killer would kill someone the serial killer wouldn’t leave any trace behind or any evidence. There was this girl that was into solving mysteries and she started off with the Clovehitch killer. One day Tyler went into his Dad’s shed and he noticed a lot of spooky things that would have him thinking that his dad is the serial killer. As Tyler and the girl team up they keep finding evidence that his father is the killer. For example, they find pictures of the victim along with their driver’s license. Come to find out that Tyler caught his father in action about to kill a lady so the girl  teamed up with Tyler to take him to the police but Tyler’s father shot himself instead. Then the girl tells Tyler that she was into this stuff because the clovehitch killer killed her mom and that was one of the pictures attached with a driver license that Tyler saw in his dad’s shed. 

I don’t think that this movie portrayed any legal concept in this course. I was expecting for the father to get caught by the police or someone and arrested. Taken to jail and shown the trail that the father was supposed to get. One thing I would say is that the girl’s grandmother had something to do with some legal work that led the girl into this mystery. One thing I would say is that they could have shown the police involved more instead of the girl doing herself with Tyler. Almost every movie like this has a similar ending except for this one. 

If the father was caught in like a mid movie with him getting arrested. If the author showed Tyler’s father in the court and the trial of Tyler’s father that would portray some sort of legal concept from this course. Because we would have seen how the attorney goes back and forth in court and how the judge decides the sentencing of the father. I was a little upset when I finished watching this movie b/c I realized that it didn’t show any legal concept from our course. 

 

Timekeeping!!

Wednesday 11/3- 4pm-8pm

I showered= 0.50

I got dressed for a Birthday dinner= 0.15

I drove to the restaurant Cuba= 0.65

We had dinner and catching up with each other= 2.0

After dinner we were walking around Washington Square park = 1.0

Reaction: I never really thought about how I spent my time but doing this assignment I realized after our walk I thought that it was only like a 30min walk but in reality it was mostly likely 1Hr. This was a cool assignment and now I would probably track my time and the things I do.  🙂

Law Office

The law office I might like to work is Law Offices of Robert Tsigler, 299 Broadway, Suite 1400 New York 10007. I would like to work in this firm because on their website and they have a tab named criminal defense under that tab I saw Drug crime lawyers. where they deal with drug crime and give you a run down if you are a first time offender you can face 1-2 years in prison and if you are not a first time offender you can face 15 to life in prison. They also state that if you are wrongly accused of a crime they got you. they will hear you out and give you the results you deserve.

Who Am I !

Hello, My name is Pedro Flores I decided to apply for the Paralegal program because law was something that I was interested in but I wasn’t too sure if that was something i wanted to do. Here I am today taking this course to educate myself and get a better understanding of the laws. I was born and raised in the Bronx. When I am not in school I am working at a seafood restaurant In Westchester County as a food runner. I hope this course gives me the tools i need to use in the future if i want to become a paralegal or in any area of law. : )