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COLUMBIA, S.C. (Dec. 9, 2016)—Moultrie Middle School took home first place in the 16th annual SC Bar State Mock Trial Competition held on Dec. 2-3 at the Marc H. Westbrook Lexington County Judicial Center in Lexington, marking the school’s first championship title. Chapin Middle School was named first runner-up.
Twelve middle schools advanced from the Regional Competitions in November to the SC Bar State Mock Trial Competition. The students presented the prosecution and defense sides of a fictitious criminal case before a panel of local volunteer lawyers and judges. This year’s fictitious criminal case was State of South Carolina v. Langley Parker. The case questioned who was liable when Jackie Weaver died of a heart attack during a prank-gone-bad during the filming of a web-based reality series.
Participating students from Moultrie Middle School were Barron Burns, Ansel Dietrick, Maris Ferro, Addyson Fisher, Joy Katsburg, Whitney Knotts, Emma Nodine, Finlay Palmer, Lucas Sneed, Luke Wallace, Estella Walsh, Crawford White, and Laney Winn. The teacher coaches were Cathleen Lee and Kelly Hodo. The attorney coaches were Audrey Brown and Marie-Louise Ramsdale.
Participating students from Chapin Middle School were Luke Freeman, Drew Johnson, Jade Kalish, Jayden Kozak, Marcus Leano, Bethany Lindler, Paige Maylath, Trinity Montgomery, Lydia Morris, Dalton Perry, Jacob Potter, Jade Quimby, Tripp Reynolds, Loraleigh Riddle, Megan van Vollenhoven, and Eli Warnock. The teacher coaches were Susan Splittgerber and Debbie Liebler. Their attorney coaches were Sarah Eibling and Tucker Player.
The first Professionalism and Civility Award was presented this year to Heathwood Hall Episcopal School. The twelve competing regional teams collectively selected the recipient of this award.
Participating students from Heathwood Hall Episcopal School were Nico Adamo, Hermoine Barringer, Ellie Colwell, Anne Johnson, Jasmine Jones, Victoria Johnson, Mary Nord, Alex Owens, London Patel, Jett Pintar, Charlie Peluso, and Liam Quan. The teacher coach was Emily Hodges. Their attorney coach was Barbara Petit.
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 program is supported by the Bar’s LRE Committee and made possible through a SC Bar Foundation IOLTA grant and the SC Bar.
About the South Carolina Bar:
The SC Bar, which has a membership of more than 15,000 lawyers, is dedicated to advancing justice, professionalism and understanding of the law.
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