- the judge verifying the presence of all parties involved and opening the trial;
- the judge who asks the prosecutor to read the indictment and read the rights
to the defendant; - the defendant making an opening statement;
- the judges interrogating the defendant and the witnesses;
- the prosecutors interrogating the defendant and the witnesses;
- the lawyers for the defence interrogating the defendant and the witnesses;
- the prosecutor, the lawyer and the defendant for making their closing
arguments; - the judge giving the sentence.
e. Evaluating the trial simulation
At the end of the trial simulation there should be time left to evaluate, preferably right
after the sentence or at least in a subsequent session. Participants should be encouraged to
express their points of view on the court sentence, the way prosecutors and lawyers
delivered the evidence, the behaviour of the witnesses, and their own feelings in playing
various parts.
As previously mentioned, the objective of a trial simulation is to offer participants and
observers a better understanding of the functioning of the legal process, and to practice
responsibilities.
Method evaluation
Simulation is one of the methods whose beneficiaries can be both counsellors and clients.
In its classical variant the method is used to anticipate the unfolding of an interview, for
written or oral examinations in view of admission into an educational cycle, to make
career-related decisions (e.g. implementing a plan of action). Counsellors may practice or
reconstruct a counselling session, aiming to develop their communication skills with
various categories of clients.
Most useful for learning prove to be the simulations of occupational situations
(transposing into the specificity of the profession by key tasks), negotiation, management
and marketing techniques, decision-making, provisional games.