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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-5)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to examine how Vaughan portrays the adversarial judicial system, and what it means that "truth is a tricky issue" (5). When Kate was just out of college, she was told that "adversarial advocacy is not really an inquiry into the truth" (5). Rather, it is about winning.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What did Justin Carew spell out to Kate and her peers shortly after she left Oxford? Why did Carew say that truth was a tricky issue? Why did he believe that advocacy was not really an inquiry into the truth? What did he say that advocacy was? How could a lawyer win even if the evidence was stacked against them? Why was that a shock to her? Why was advocacy about winning, not truth? Did Kate come to believe that winning was more important than truth? Why is truth a sticky issue...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(d), 9-10.3(e), 11-12.3(d), 11-12.3(e)
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