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