This weekend, Creekview Mock Trial and Moot Court students competed at the YMCA Youth and Government District Conference in Duncanville. This is the qualifying event for YMCA State in Austin in January, which is the qualifying event for YMCA Nationals in Chicago in August. State qualifiers will be announced later this week.
Creekview Mock Trial and Moot Court students at the YMCA Youth and Government District Conference in Duncanville.
In Moot Court, Sam Watkins and Aileen Mai tied for 3rd Place best judge, the team of Maeve Durkee and Isaac Yoo placed 7th, and the team of Makaylia Askew and Brian Kang placed 2nd (pictured below).
This year’s Mock Trial case dealt with minor under the influence and failure to yield to a pedestrian charges. The issues on appeal for the same situation in Moot Court were whether the use of peremptory strikes to remove all jurors of color was unconstitutional and whether the failure of the prosecution to disclose and the defense to request the victim’s history of traffic tickets was grounds for a new trial.
In Mock Trial, London Jones was the District Champion Best Judge.
Makaylia Askew and Brian Kang placed 2nd.
Congratulations to Creekview’s Mock Trial & Moot Court students!