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  • Press Release
    March 13, 2006

    High School Mock Trial Tournament Finalists announced

    For Immediate Release

    CONTACT: Teresa Weidemann-Smith
    State Bar of Wisconsin
    (800) 444-9404, ext. 6025
    twsmith@wisbar.org

    High School Mock Trial Tournament Finalists announced

    MADISON, March 13, 2006 -- For the 7th consecutive year a team of students from Rhinelander High School is taking the state mock trial title back to Rhinelander. The team beat Xavier High School of Appleton to win the State Bar of Wisconsin's 23rd Annual Mock Trial competition and will represent Wisconsin at the national finals May 12-13 in Oklahoma City.

    "Rhinelander has placed first in 12 of the last 18 years of the competition," notes Dee Runaas, State Bar of Wisconsin Law-related Education Coordinator. "The growth and success of this program in Wisconsin is incredible. We went from 85 teams in 1983 to over 130 in this year's program. The mock trial program is the most highly visible public service project the Bar has to offer."

    The competition, sponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin and funded with grants from the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Wisconsin Law Foundation and Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies, began with over 170 schools participating when school started in September. Teams receive case materials in October, attend a training session in January and participate in regional competitions in February. Regional winners advance to the state competition in mid March. The tournament culminates in May with Wisconsin's winner competing at the 2005 national championship in Oklahoma City.

    The State Bar of Wisconsin is the mandatory professional association, created by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, for attorneys who hold a Wisconsin law license. With more than 20,000 members, the State Bar aids the courts in improving the administration of justice, provides continuing legal education for its members to help them maintain their expertise, and assists Wisconsin lawyers in carrying out community service initiatives to educate the public about the legal system and the value of lawyers.

    For more information, www.legalexplorer.com.



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