- National High School Mock Trial Championship
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The National High School Mock Trial Championship is an American nationwide competition of high school mock trial teams. The competition debuted in 1984 in Des Moines, Iowa, with teams representing Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin.[1]
Georgia has been the most successful state in the competition, winning the title four separate times. Iowa has won three times. Tennessee, California, New Jersey, South Carolina, Indiana and Arizona have all won twice.
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Winners
Past winners and runners-up of the competition include the following schools:[2]
Year Host City Winner Second Place 1984 Des Moines, Iowa Nebraska - Ogallala High School Minnesota - Cloquet High School 1985 Lincoln, Nebraska Texas - Richard King High School unknown 1986 Phoenix, Arizona Iowa - Lincoln High School Wisconsin - Superior High School 1987 Washington, D.C. Arizona - Xavier College Preparatory Iowa - Marshalltown High School 1988 Dallas, Texas South Carolina - Socastee High School Texas - Westlake High School 1989 Louisville, Kentucky Wisconsin - Rhinelander High School California - John Marshall High School[3][4] 1990 Portland, Oregon Colorado - Evergreen High School Ohio - Shaw High School 1991 New Orleans, Louisiana New Jersey - Bergen Catholic High School Texas - Richard King High School 1992 Madison, Wisconsin Florida - Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School Texas - Richard King High School 1993 Atlanta, Georgia Mississippi - South Pike High School Arizona - Deer Valley High School (Glendale, Arizona) 1994 Chicago, Illinois California - Arlington High School Rhode Island - Classical High School 1995 Denver, Colorado Georgia - South Gwinnett High School Delaware - St. Mark's High School 1996 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Michigan - Kalamazoo Central High School Arizona - Deer Valley High School 1997 Nashville, Tennessee Arizona - Deer Valley High School Tennessee - Clinton High School, Tennessee 1998 Albuquerque, New Mexico New Jersey - Cherry Hill High School East Guam - Southern High School 1999 St. Louis, Missouri Georgia - Clarke Central High School Colorado - Regis Jesuit High School 2000 Columbia, South Carolina Washington - Benjamin Franklin High School North Carolina - Asheboro High School 2001 Omaha, Nebraska Iowa - Pocahontas High School New Jersey - Montclair High School 2002 St. Paul, Minnesota Tennessee - Family Christian Academy Homeschoolers Pennsylvania - Quigley Catholic High School 2003 New Orleans, Louisiana Tennessee - Family Christian Academy Homeschoolers Colorado - Glenwood Springs High School 2004 Orlando, Florida South Carolina - Bob Jones Academy Wisconsin - Rhinelander High School 2005 Charlotte, North Carolina California - Tamalpais High School Hawaii - Kauai High School 2006 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Iowa - Valley High School Michigan - Kalamazoo Central High School 2007 Dallas, Texas Georgia - Jonesboro High School Michigan - Kalamazoo Central High School 2008 Wilmington, Delaware Georgia - Jonesboro High School Michigan - Kalamazoo Central High School 2009 Atlanta, Georgia Indiana - John Adams High School Minnesota - Lakeville North High School 2010 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Minnesota - Breck School Illinois - Hinsdale Central High School The following is the list of winners of the National High School Mock Trial Championships (since 2000), as well as the runners-ups:
Year Winner 1st Runner-Up 2nd Runner-Up 3rd Runner-Up 2010 Breck School (Minnesota ) Hinsdale Central High School (Illinois ) Henry W. Grady High School (Georgia) Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School (Missouri) 2009 John Adams High School (Indiana) Lakeville North High School (Minnesota) Seattle Preparatory School (Washington) Hinsdale Central High School (Illinois) 2008 Jonesboro High School (Georgia) Kalamazoo Central High School (Michigan) The Charter School of Wilmington (Delaware) Sandia High School (New Mexico) 2007 Jonesboro High School (Georgia) Kalamazoo Central High School (Michigan) John Adams High School - (Indiana) Saint Louis Priory School (Missouri) 2006 Valley High School (Iowa) Kalamazoo Central High School (Michigan) Timothy Christian High School (Illinois) Greensburg Salem High School (Pennsylvania) 2005 Tamalpais High School (California) Kauai High School (Hawaii) University High School (Arizona) Minneapolis South High School (Minnesota) 2004 Bob Jones Academy (South Carolina) Rhinelander High School (Wisconsin) Meadow Creek Christian School (Minnesota) Community High School (Michigan) 2003 FCA Homeschoolers (Tennessee) Glenwood Springs High School (Colorado) John Adams High School (Indiana) Riverside Polytechnic High School (California) 2002 FCA Homeschoolers (Tennessee) Quigley Catholic High School (Pennsylvania) Glenwood Springs High School (Colorado) Abraham Lincoln High School (California) 2001 Pocahontas High School (Iowa) Montclair High School (New Jersey) Benjamin Franklin High School (Washington) Mountain Ridge High School (Arizona) 2000 Benjamin Franklin High School (Washington) Asheboro High School (North Carolina) Kalamazoo Central High School (Michigan) Bergen Catholic High School (New Jersey) Controversy
2005
The Torah Academy of Bergen County from Teaneck, New Jersey had won its state's 2005 competition, but faced difficulties in its ultimately successful effort to gain accommodations to participate in the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina without being required to compete during the Jewish Sabbath.[5]
The American Mock Trial Invitational was created in 2006 by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers as an alternative competition to address concerns of religious commitments by competing school teams.[6][5]
2009
Maimonides School of Brookline, Massachusetts won the 2009 Massachusetts state championship and desired to participate in the national championship in Atlanta, Georgia. Due to religious dietary restrictions and Shabbat observance the school asked for accommodation in order to participate without violating their religious beliefs. The school asked for two trials to be changed from Saturday to Thursday or Friday in order to avoid violating Shabbat. In response the school obtained attorney Nathan Lewin to represent the school. Lewin filed a complaint with the US Department of Justice alleging religious discrimination and a violation of civil rights.[7] Attorney Elizabeth Price resigned from the Georgia State Bar in protest over the National Board refusing to grant the requests for accommodation.[8] The Anti-Defamation League sent a letter of protest to the National Board complaining against the lack of reasonable accommodation, asking the National Board not to punish children for their religious beliefs.[9] The United States Congress condemned the National Board for failing to provide for these accommodations.[10] On May 7, 2009, Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Doris Downs ruled that unless the competition would accommodate the Orthodox Jewish students, then the courthouse would not be allowed to be used for the competition.[11][12][13][14]
References
- ^ About the Competition, National High School Mock Trial Championship. Accessed July 1, 2007.
- ^ Participant History & Past National Winners, National High School Mock Trial Championship. Accessed July 1, 2007.
- ^ "Rhinelander Students Top Mock Trial Competition". St. Paul Pioneer Press: pp. 2B Metro. May 15, 1989. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5D891DE5AEA61&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
- ^ "Previous Results". Constitutional Rights Foundation. http://www.crf-usa.org/mock-trial-california/previous-results.html. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Aberback, Brian. " New mock trial contest arises from controversy", The Record (Bergen County), February 24, 2006, accessed April 19, 2007.
- ^ American Mock Trial Invitational, accessed April 19, 2007. Archived February 8, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Brown, Robbie (May 6, 2009). "National Mock Trial Competition Encounters a Real Legal Challenge". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/education/06mock.html?_r=1&ref=us.
- ^ "Georgia: Resignation Over Trial Contest". The New York Times. May 7, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/us/07brfs-RESIGNATIONO_BRF.html?ref=us.
- ^ http://www.adl.org/PresRele/Mise_00/5522_00.htm
- ^ http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=11281&pageid=89&pagename=Features
- ^ http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Mock_Trial_Competition_to_Host_Jewish_Team_050709
- ^ http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Mock_Trial_Competition_to_Host_Jewish_Team_050709
- ^ "Georgia: Resignation Over Trial Contest". The New York Times. May 7, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/us/07brfs-RESIGNATIONO_BRF.html?ref=us.
- ^ http://www.maimonides.org/about/newsDetail.php?id=224
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