For Immediate Release
	CONTACT: Christi Powers State Bar of Wisconsin (608) 250-6025

State Bar's Mock Trial Tournament results announced

MADISON, February 11, 2002 - More than 1,500 high school students kicked-off the 19th Annual Wisconsin High School Mock Trial Tournament on Saturday with regional competitions at 16 different locations statewide (results below).

The winning team from each of the regional competitions will advance to the state competition in Madison on March 10 and 11. The winning state team will represent Wisconsin in the National Mock Trial Championship in St. Paul, Minnesota in May. Last year's state champion, Rhinelander High School, went on to finish seventh at the National High School Mock Trial Championship.

Three regional competitions--in Eau Claire, La Crosse and Milwaukee--ended with ties. Those schools will compete in a playoff on Saturday, February 16 to determine which school will compete in the state tournament.

The High School Mock Trial Tournament is designed to develop and test critical thinking and public speaking skills while exposing students to the atmosphere of a real-life trial situation. Teams of six to 12 students will argue a case before a panel of three mock trial judges consisting of actual judges and attorneys.

This year's simulated trial is a wrongful death lawsuit that stems from the death of a high school student, who instead of attending his senior prom, decided to play Russian roulette with two friends and ended up with a fatal gunshot wound to the head.

Hundreds of Wisconsin lawyers and teachers statewide volunteer to coordinate the State Bar's High School Mock Trial tournament annually as a way of educating students about the legal process.

For more information on the Mock Trial Tournament, visit www.legalexplorer.com.

2002 Mock Trial Regional Results
Saturday, February 9, 2002

Region 1 - Eau Claire
Eau Claire County Courthouse
721 Oxford Avenue
Coordinator: Atty. Rachel Anderson

1) Altoona
2) Augusta
3) Chippewa Falls (tie)
4) Eau Claire Memorial (tie)
5) Eau Claire North
6) Eau Claire Regis (tie)
7) La Crosse Central
8) Rice Lake

Region 2 - Wausau
Marathon County Courthouse
500 Forest Street
Coordinator: Atty. Christina Plum

1) Loyal
2) Marshfield (winner)
3) Medford
4) Merrill
5) Schofield D.C. Everest
6) Stratford

Region 3 - Green Bay
Brown County Courthouse
100 S. Jefferson
Coordinator: Ann Pennow

1) Bay Port
2) Green Bay East
3) Green Bay Southwest (winner)
4) Green Bay West
5) Kaukauna
6) Seymour

Region 4 - Wisconsin Rapids
Wood County Courthouse
400 Market Street
Coordinator: Atty. Richard Weymouth

1) Adams-Friendship
2) Baraboo (winner)
3) Lincoln
4) Reedsburg
5) River Valley

Region 5 - Appleton
Outagamie County Justice Center
320 S. Walnut Street
Coordinators: Atty. Elizabeth Nevitt Atty. Dan Clausz

1) Appleton East
2) Appleton West
3) Appleton Xavier (winner)
4) Fox Valley Lutheran
5) Freedom
6) Little Chute
7) Menasha
8) New London

Region 6 - La Crosse
La Crosse County Courthouse
333 Vine Street
Coordinators: Atty. Sonja Huesmann Atty. Mark Huesmann

1) Boscobel (tie)
2) Iowa Grant (tie)
3) La Crosse Central (tie)
4) Mineral Point
5) Platteville
6) Viroqua

Region 7 - Madison
Dane County Courthouse
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Coordinators: Erna Reed Judith Thompson

1) DeForest
2) Dodgeville
3) Madison East
4) Madison Edgewood
5) Madison Memorial
6) Madison West (winner)
7) Middleton
8) Monona Grove
9) Mount Horeb
10) Waunakee

Region 8 - Sheboygan
Sheboygan County Courthouse
615 N. 6th Street
Coordinators: Atty. Roberta Heckes Thomas Gerleman

1) Manitowoc Roncalli (2nd place, will compete in state tournament)
2) Port Washington
3) Sheboygan Christian (winner, opted not to compete in state tournament)
4) Sheboygan North
5) Sheboygan South

Region 9 - Janesville
Rock County Courthouse
51 S. Main Street
Coordinators: Atty. Holly Jensen Atty. Beth Eyster Shore
1) Badger Union
2) Beloit Memorial
3) Fort Atkinson
4) Jefferson
5) Oregon (winner)
6) Watertown
7) Whitewater

Region 10 - Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Safety Building
Coordinators: Atty. Monte Weiss Atty. Jeff Davis Atty. Michael Cohen
1) Brown Deer
2) Greendale
3) Metropolitan
4) Milwaukee King
5) Milwaukee Lutheran
6) Milwaukee Marquette
7) Milwaukee Pius
8) Nicolet (tie)
9) Shorewood (tie)
10) St. Francis
11) Whitnall
12) Wauwatosa West

Region 11 - Hudson
St. Croix County Courthouse
1101 Carmichael Road
Coordinator: Atty. Timothy Scott
1) Ellsworth
2) River Falls
3) Somerset
4) Spooner
5) St. Croix Falls
6) Superior (winner)

Region 12 - Rhinelander
Nicolet Area Technical College
County Hwy. G
Coordinators: Atty. Ann Munninghoff Atty. Michael Roe
1) Crandon
2) Hurley
3) Lakeland Union
4) Rhinelander (winner)
5) Wabeno

Region 13 - Fond du Lac
City-County Government Building
106 S. Macy Street
Coordinator: Atty. Kathryn Bullon
1) Beaver Dam (winner)
2) Berlin
3) Dodgeland

Region 14 - Waukesha
Waukesha County Courthouse
515 W. Moreland Blvd.
Coordinators:
Atty. Danni Caldwell
Atty. Tony Jamieson
Atty. Bill Domina
1) Arrowhead
2) Brookfield Academy
3) East Troy (winner)
4) Kettle Moraine
5) Mukwonago
6) New Berlin Eisenhower
7) Oconomowoc
8) Waukesha South

Region 15 - Racine
Law Enforcement Center
717 Wisconsin Avenue
Coordinator:
Atty. Joe Kremkoski
1) Burlington
2) Kenosha St. Joseph
3) Oak Creek (winner)
4) Prairie School
5) Racine St. Catherine's

Region 16 - Sturgeon Bay
Door County Courthouse
421 Nebraska
Coordinator:
Atty. Philip Johnson
1) Sevastopol
2) Southern Door
3) Sturgeon Bay (winner)
4) West De Pere

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