Spotlight Series: Rebecca Schleimer ’16
Golden State Mock Trial recently featured a story written by Rebecca Schleimer ’16, a three-year Torrey Mock Trial veteran, entitled “If Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Went to Law School.” Schleimer reflects on her mock trial experience at the San Diego County High School Mock Trial Program and Competition.
My heart was beating out of my chest. I kept nervously looking down at the witness statement that I already knew like the back of my hand. Oh boy, how in the world am I going to get through this? Why am I so nervous? I kept asking myself. Don’t get me wrong. Leading up to this point, I had had my fair share of nerve-wracking presentations and performances, but for some reason the moments leading up to my first mock trial audition challenged my emotions like no other experience had done in the past. In the blink of an eye, I saw the guy before me come out of the classroom, laughing to himself and shaking his head. Now it was my turn. My heart accelerated as the two teacher-coaches called for me. My legs stood still. I knew the shy, anxious manner that had always formed my persona would keep me from going into the audition. I had to do something. I had to be someone else. Slowly moving toward the classroom I felt my mind switch. I was Dr. Ricky Sanchez, the confident, 52-year-old prosecution expert who had been in court plenty of times and believed Adderall, not alcohol, to be the cause of Jason Johnson’s death. It was not until I got the email announcing the parts that I realized what had truly happened in that audition room.
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