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Monday, May 11, 2009

Courts - South Bend's John Adams High School wins national mock trial competition in Atlanta

Updating two earlier ILB entries, this one from March 23rd headed "Kentucky students' court operates just like real thing", where the ILB noted "South Bend's John Adams High School has placed in the top ten in recent years. ," and this one from May 6th, headed "National Mock Trial Competition Encounters a Real Legal Challenge ," the ILB received this note yesterday from a reader:

Marcia, You had a post last Wednesday about a pending lawsuit against the national mock trial competition in Atlanta.

In an interesting and hometown twist to that story, Indiana (John Adams High School) won that competition this weekend. Attorney Susan Roberts from Lafayette is Indiana's Coordinator and does an extraordinary job running Indiana's mock trial program.
And here is the National High School Mock Trial Championship web page, announcing:
2009 National Championship

Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the 26th Annual
National High School Mock Trial Championship
May 6 through May 10, 2009.

The 2009 competition was held at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta May 6-10, 2009. High school students from 42 states, U.S. territories, and South Korea participated in this prestigious two-day national competition.

The 2009 National Champion is John Adams High School from Indiana.

[More] And here is a brief story from today's South Bend Tribune.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 11, 2009 08:36 AM
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