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COLUMBIA, S.C. (Feb. 6, 2017)—Forty-three high schools will compete in the 35th SC Bar Regional High School Mock Trial Competitions in February. The Conway, Greenville and Lexington regional competitions will be on Feb. 18, and the Georgetown and Sumter regional competitions will be on Feb. 25.
Students will present the plaintiff and defense sides of a fictitious civil case before a panel of local volunteer lawyers and judges. This year’s case is a wrongful termination suit filed by Jamie Crown, a hospital employee who refused to receive the flu shot after his/her child had passed away as a result of flu shot complications. Students will fill the roles of attorneys, witnesses, bailiffs and timekeepers, and each team will be judged on its presentation skills, rather than the legal merits of the case.
The Conway Regional Competition will be at the Horry County Government and Justice Center (131 2nd Ave., Conway 29526). Participating schools include:
- Academy for Technology and Academics
- Carolina Forest High School
- C.E. Murray High School
- Kingstree High School
- North Myrtle Beach High School
- Socastee High School
The Greenville Regional Competition will be at the Greenville County Courthouse (305 E. North St., Greenville 29601). Participating schools include:
- Bob Jones Academy
- Christ Church Episcopal School
- Dorman High School
- Fort Mill High School
- Greenville Senior High School
- Greenwood High School
- Montessori School of Anderson
- Nation Ford High School
- NEXT High School
- Strom Thurmond High School
- T.L. Hanna High School
- Wade Hampton High School
The Lexington Regional Competition will be at the Mark H. Westbrook Lexington County Judicial Center (205 E. Main St., Lexington 29072). Participating schools include:
- Aiken High School
- Blythewood High School
- Brookland-Cayce High School
- Chapin High School
- Irmo High School
- Lexington High School
- North Augusta High School
- River Bluff High School
- Spring Hill High School
- W.J. Keenan High School
- York Preparatory Academy
The Georgetown Regional Competition will be at the Georgetown County Courthouse (401 Cleland St., Georgetown 29440). Participating schools include:
- Berkeley High School
- Charleston County School of the Arts
- Ft. Dorchester High School
- James Island Charter High School
- Summerville High School
- Wando High School
The Sumter Regional Competition will be at the Sumter City/Municipal Courthouse (215 N. Harvin St., Sumter 29150). Participating schools include:
- A.C. Flora High School
- Dreher High School
- Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics
- Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
- Manning High School
- Richland Northeast High School
- Spring Valley High School
- Wilson High School
Twelve teams from these regional competitions will advance to the state competition March 10-11 in Columbia. The 2017 state champion will advance to the national competition in Hartford, Connecticut in May. For more information about the Mock Trial case or program, visit www.scbar.org/lre.
The Mock Trial Program is sponsored by the SC Bar’s Law Related Education (LRE) Division, which was developed in 1976 to improve the ability of teachers to instruct law related education. The Mock Trial Program is supported by the Bar’s LRE Committee and made possible through a SC Bar Foundation IOLTA grant and the SC Bar.
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