By Mubarrat Choudhury

The gavel stroke silenced the high school students at George Allen courthouse in Downtown Dallas. Richardson Law Magnet students visited the court house to learn more about the jury selection process. The magnet students also helped college law students develop their skills of interviewing potential jurors.

Voir Dire, which means “to see which is true,” is the process that lawyers use in order to select jurors for a case. The jury selection is based on how unbiased a juror may be.

“Law Magnet students from across the city were involved in this mock Voir Dire,” Junior Ian Miller said. “The mock Voir Dire was run by college law students and we were there to better their experiences.”

Law Magnet students were assigned different personas and were told to act out specific roles. College and law school grads then interviewed them. Schools like Skyline and Law Magnet Dallas were also involved in the event.

Many Law Magnet students believe that their experience will benefit their future.

“It is good to be exposed to stuff like this, especially for anyone that potentially wants to be involved in law,” Junior Sophia Serrano said.

In addition, RHS law magnet students hope to integrate their newly acquired skills for the mock trial mid-term coming up this semester.