You dont talk to the Judge at all, I had to take a mate of mine who had to go to court here in QLD, the Judge was soooo funny, well every case up until my mates he basically told the defendant, in under a minute, that he was an idiot and would be losing their license for x amount of time with a $x dollar fine, no if's no but's BAM! Not in those exact words of course but you get the idea, he was harsh!
You will have to ask your lawyer to ask for a work license, well that is what my mate had to do here in QLD.
If you have a day off and want some quality entertainment, I reckomend going to watch these types of court proceedings, really makes you NOT want to EVER be in that position, but you already know that.