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Ohio Students
to Compete in Moot Court Competition
May 19, 2016
The Ohio Center for Law-Related Education (OCLRE) hosts its third
annual high school Moot Court Competition tomorrow at the Thomas J.
Moyer Ohio Judicial Center. Students will take on the role of appellate
attorneys and argue both sides of an original case.
More than 100 students from nine schools across the state will
participate: Danville High School (Holmes County); Gilmour Academy
(Lake County); Indian Hill High School (Hamilton County); Marysville
High School (Union County); Mason High School (Warren County): Perkins
Local High School (Erie County); Pleasant High School (Marion County);
Springfield High School (Clark County); and St. Frances DeSales High
School (Franklin County).
The 2016 Moot Court case follows Sarah Stewart, a fictitious ninth
grader who just started high school and hopes to make a name for
herself by recreating a prank her older sister played on a rival high
school. Inadvertently, Sarah causes more damage than intended, and she
is questioned at her school about the prank. She’s later arrested and
is determined to be a delinquent. In recognition of the 50th
anniversary of the Miranda v. Arizona decision, students will explore
Sarah’s right to the presence of an attorney during an interrogation.
Teams will compete in both a legal brief-writing phase and an oral
argument phase to test their skills as appellate advocates. After
preliminary rounds in the morning, the students will compete to become
the state champion in a final round, which will be streamed live on the
Ohio Channel starting at 4:15 p.m.
Michael J. Hendershot, chief deputy solicitor for the Office of the
Ohio Attorney General, will preside over the final round of
competition. Fellow panelists include Pamela Vest-Boratyn, general
counsel for the Office of the Ohio Attorney General; Samuel Peterson,
deputy solicitor for the Office of the Ohio Attorney General; Tiffany
Carwile, assistant attorney general in the Constitutional Offices
Section; and Michael P. Walton, assistant prosecuting attorney at the
Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office.
OCLRE is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization whose goal is to
improve society by developing citizens empowered with an understanding
of the nation’s democratic system. OCLRE is sponsored by the Supreme
Court of Ohio, Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Ohio State Bar
Association and the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation.
The Moot Court program is funded by a grant from the Ohio State Bar
Foundation. For more information about the OCLRE and the Moot Court
program, visit www.oclre.org.
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