Washington Courts: Press Release Detail2009 State High School Mock Trial Champion: Seattle PrepMarch 29, 2009
OLYMPIA—MARCH 29, 2009— Seattle Prep took top honors this Sunday as the 2009 champion of the statewide YMCA Mock Trial Competition. The team is now eligible to compete for the national Mock Trial title in Atlanta, Georgia in May.
Washington Supreme Court Justice James M. Johnson presided over the championship trial in Olympia with Seattle Prep and University Prep of King County competing for the statewide title. University Prep is eligible to compete in the American Mock Trial Invitational held in New Jersey.
Top ten finalists of the competition are as follows:
The Best Attorney Award went to Katie Schade of University Prep, and the Best Witness Award went to John Rice of Fort Vancouver High School.
For the Championship round, the Best Attorney Award went to Zoe Hamilton of Seattle Prep and the Best Witness Award went to Anna Dawson of University Prep.
A total of 20 high school teams from across the state competed for the title in a three-day, four-round competition this weekend at the Thurston County Courthouse, arguing the plaintiff and defense sides of afictitious civil trial in which a teacher is dismissed for not acting on purported warning signs of a troubled student who brought a gun to school.
This is the 22nd year for the YMCA Mock Trial program, which began in 1987. Mock Trial is part of the YMCA’s Youth & Government program, which helps students experience democracy in action. Mock Trial allows students to participate in true-to-life courtroom drama before real judges in real courtrooms, gaining an understanding of the law and the role of the judiciary.
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