NA Law Club Held Mock Trial for Middle School
Each year, the culminating activity for Law Club is to hold a mock trial during the 6th-grade common period. This year's trial People v. Clevenger was focused on student search rights at a public school, referencing cases central to search rights such as Mapp v. Ohio and New Jersey vs. TLO.
This Mock Trial helped students understand the law, practice critical thinking, gain greater confidence with public speaking and learn the art of forming a persuasive, cohesive argument.
The Mock Trial participants included:
- Baliff: Nikhil Kumra ’22
- Judge: Rayna Lifson, humanities teacher
Prosecution:
- Lead Prosecution Attorney with Opening Statement: Mason Kung ’22
- Direct/Redirect Exam of witness: Sadie Kim ’22
- Prosecution Witness Principal Drew Hill: Meredith Janay ’22
- Prosecution Witness Detective Jean Blanc: Abdul-Saboor Syed '21
- Prosecution Witness Ronnie Silva: Ethan Susilo ’23
- Prosecution Witness Whitney Marshall: Skywalker Li ’22
- Cross Exam of Defense Witnesses: Jennifer Salemy ’22
- Closing Arguments: Lucy Alaeto ’22
Defense:
- Lead Defense Attorney with Opening Statement: Stella Gilbert ’22
- Direct/Redirect Exam of Witnesses: Asha Toolsidas ’22
- Defense Witness Casey Clevenger: Jack Cleeve ’21
- Defense Witness Detective Brett Phillips: Serin Hwang ’22
- Defense Witness Cam Wu: Katie Powers ’22
- Defense Haley Jackson: Molly Breckman ’23
- Cross Exam of Defense Witnesses: Maddie Wolf ’21
- Closing Arguments: Alana Akiwumi ’22
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