Mock Trial Team are three-time champs
For the third consecutive year Devon Prep’s Mock Trial Team won the Chester County Championship at the County Justice Center inWest Chester. Fifteen teams representing 14 high schools competed in the competition. Devon Prep’s Team advances to the regional competition at the Delaware County Courthouse in Media in midMarch.
More than 300 teams from 269 high schools across Pennsylvania compete in the district and regional levels of the statewide competition sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.
During the competition student teams argue both sides of a hypothetical case in an actual courtroom before a judge. The students play the roles of lawyers, witnesses, plaintiffs, and defendants, while lawyers and community leaders serve as jurors for the mock trials. The juries determine the winners in each trial based on the teams’ abilities to prepare their cases, present arguments,and follow court rules.
— Submitted by Devon Preparatory School