Mock Trial Program
Why Mock Trial?
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Course Credit
COMPETITION 2016 UPDATE!
THANK YOU LEGAL LADIES FOR AN INCREDIBLE SEASON!
"THE LEGAL LADIES"
DELANEY MEEHAN WINS "BEST WITNESS" AWARD!
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February 16, 2013
Nashua Championship
Second Round
30 Spring Street
Nashua NH
Why Mock Trial?
It's your right....
"Indeed, the purpose for which the Department of Education was created was "to provide a public education system of sufficient quality to extend to all children...the opportunity to reach their full potential and social life of the commonwealth and as contributors to its economy."
-M.G.L. cA1(emphasis added)
It's your best defense...
"The "three R's" are valuable skills, ones that will allow children to contribute to the economy. But reasonig is what prepares high school graduates to be citizens. To the extent that public schools exist in part to produce better jurors and voters, "reasoning" must be the fourth R."
-Joshua McQuire, November 2006, Lawyers Journal
Discovering Justice .... Mock Trial
Founded in 1998 and incorporated as an independent nonprofit in 2001, Discovering Justice is a Boston-based civic and justice education nonprofit organization. Its mission is to prepare young people to value the justice system, realize the power of their own voices, and embrace civic responsibility by connecting classrooms and courtrooms . Please visit for addition information info@discoveringjustice.org.
Discovering Justice’s programs are changing students’ lives and school climates by teaching children to use their voices to advocate for themselves and others through learning about democratic values, history, justice, and civic responsibility. Programs are available in school, afterschool, and in courthouses. Several programs have both a school-based and courthouse-based component. Mock Trial is one of these programs. Please visit for addition information info@discoveringjustice.org.
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NASHOBA REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Middle School Mock Trial Program
STUDENT TOOLBOX
Class Notes:
1/7
1/14 1/14 3/3 3/17
Case
State of New Hampshire v.Don (Dawn) Loder
Resources
Example of Expert Witness Testimony
Mock Trial 2016 Team
Peter Michel
Delaney Meehan
Grace Huang
Eliza Wachtel
Lizzy Carpenter
Madeline Powers
Zoe Birnbaum
Isabelle Nguyen
Audrey Swartz
Alannah O'Brien
Objections
Hearsay
Leading
Relevance
Asked and Answered
Narrative
Out of the witness's scope of knowledge
Speculation
Baggering
Lack of Foundation
NASHOBA REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL TEAM
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