ISS Mock Trial Teams Shine at Statewide Conference
All four of Indian Springs’ Mock Trial Teams ranked in the Top 20 teams statewide at the 2014 Alabama YMCA Youth in Government Judicial Conference held at the Federal Courthouse in Montgomery. Two of the four teams ranked in the Top 10, and the team that finished in 2nd place will advance to compete in the national competition July 27-31 in Chicago!
Defense Team (2nd Place; advances to Nationals)
This team was led by Max Klapow '17 and advances to the national competition in Chicago in summer 2015.
Attorneys: Max Klapow '17, Dayna Rollins '17, Marc Straus '16
Witnesses: Taylor Hinch '17, Liz Jones '18, Chandler Pulliam '17
Plaintiff Team (Top 10)
Led by Davis Tyler-Dudley '17, this team contained only two members with prior experience. In their Top 10 match play, they won the jury verdict against the Hoover defense team that placed 1st in the competition. (Rankings were based upon cumulative scores.)
Attorneys: Davis Tyler-Dudley '17, Ulysses Keevan-Lynch '17, Matthew Lash '17
Witnesses: Amy Li '18, Bela Patel '18, Thomas Rooney '17
Defense Team (finished in Top 20)
This team, led by Alice Zhang '18, contained only two members with a year of experience.
Attorneys: Daler Karassayev '17, Dewey Wilbanks '17, Alice Zhang '18
Witnesses: Rozie Buzova '16, Alvaro Fernandez-Moris '17, Killian Griep '17
Plaintiff Team (finished in Top 20)
This team, which was led by David Wang '15 and Carolyn Grammer '18, was made up of first-year competitors.
Attorneys: Henry Giattina '17, Victoria Lang '17, Carolyn Grammer '18
Witnesses: Zak Heino '17, Rachel Murdock '18, David Wang '15
Mock Trial Coach D’Anthony Allen saluted all four teams for their hard work and dedication and thanked ISS parent volunteers Carole Mazer and Karen Hinch for their invaluable help in preparing the teams to compete.
The program, he says, teaches cooperative participation, sportsmanship, and courtroom etiquette and fosters students’ abilities to speak publicly and confidently while arguing their cases or testifying as witnesses.
“For those students who are considering a career in law or politics, this program gives them real-world experience within the courtroom, and it grants them an opportunity to prepare thoroughly for cases,” says Allen. “They enhance their abilities in the areas of time management, goal setting, and task execution. This is an awesome opportunity for students at Indian Springs, and I am thrilled to be a part of it.”
Congratulations to Coach Allen and to all four teams!
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Defense Team (2nd Place; advances to Nationals)
This team was led by Max Klapow '17 and advances to the national competition in Chicago in summer 2015.
Attorneys: Max Klapow '17, Dayna Rollins '17, Marc Straus '16
Witnesses: Taylor Hinch '17, Liz Jones '18, Chandler Pulliam '17
Plaintiff Team (Top 10)
Led by Davis Tyler-Dudley '17, this team contained only two members with prior experience. In their Top 10 match play, they won the jury verdict against the Hoover defense team that placed 1st in the competition. (Rankings were based upon cumulative scores.)
Attorneys: Davis Tyler-Dudley '17, Ulysses Keevan-Lynch '17, Matthew Lash '17
Witnesses: Amy Li '18, Bela Patel '18, Thomas Rooney '17
Defense Team (finished in Top 20)
This team, led by Alice Zhang '18, contained only two members with a year of experience.
Attorneys: Daler Karassayev '17, Dewey Wilbanks '17, Alice Zhang '18
Witnesses: Rozie Buzova '16, Alvaro Fernandez-Moris '17, Killian Griep '17
Plaintiff Team (finished in Top 20)
This team, which was led by David Wang '15 and Carolyn Grammer '18, was made up of first-year competitors.
Attorneys: Henry Giattina '17, Victoria Lang '17, Carolyn Grammer '18
Witnesses: Zak Heino '17, Rachel Murdock '18, David Wang '15
Mock Trial Coach D’Anthony Allen saluted all four teams for their hard work and dedication and thanked ISS parent volunteers Carole Mazer and Karen Hinch for their invaluable help in preparing the teams to compete.
The program, he says, teaches cooperative participation, sportsmanship, and courtroom etiquette and fosters students’ abilities to speak publicly and confidently while arguing their cases or testifying as witnesses.
“For those students who are considering a career in law or politics, this program gives them real-world experience within the courtroom, and it grants them an opportunity to prepare thoroughly for cases,” says Allen. “They enhance their abilities in the areas of time management, goal setting, and task execution. This is an awesome opportunity for students at Indian Springs, and I am thrilled to be a part of it.”
Congratulations to Coach Allen and to all four teams!
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