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Tonight I have to present the 1st part of what will be my oral argument to the appellate court. Little bit nervous.

Good evening, Your Honor. May I proceed?
Thank you, Your Honor.
May it please the court...

I survived the intro. I did well. I completely skipped a sentence & totally blanked out on my last point for about 5 seconds. It wasn't horribly obvious. The only criticism was that I didn't speak loudly enough.
Yay!