MOOT COURT DEBUT
Image from Pexels by Katrin Bolovstova Fear took the better part of me as I stood in the University of Nairobi moot court room, feeling the weight of my newly black coat. The moot court room was not like any other classroom but a stage for combat where arguments backed by legal justifications was my weapon and a sole defence. I was about to start pleading before the learned judges, my first big moot, the annual All Kenya Moot Court Competition. My co-counsel, Emmanuel seemed to be composed and that gave me a reassuring gesture. My fear started to deplete, changed into courage and determination. We might have been the underdogs, amateurs but we were armed with months of research, sleepless nights and a strong quest to emerge triumphant. The thirty minutes we were allocated by the court proved not to be enough and we struggled to finish our submissions. I never worried about that a...