The mock trial crew at Maine South Excessive Faculty positioned among the many high 10 – out of greater than about 4 dozen others – in a latest competitors held at a federal court docket in downtown Chicago.
The crew completed in ninth place on the Empire World Championships. They competed towards 45 different groups from all over the world, together with from 15 states and 5 nations, in line with data Maine Township Excessive Faculty District 207 offered.
The competitors held in November marked the fourth 12 months the Maine South crew has participated.
“It’s positively the hardest competitors that we face all 12 months,” stated Kyra Demos, a Maine South senior.
Maine South, situated in Park Ridge, is considered one of three excessive faculties in District 207.
Faculty officers stated the crew began in the summertime to organize for the competitors. They offered their case in 4 completely different trials from Nov. 9 to Nov. 11. Whereas the crew gained ninth place general, senior Charlotte Chapman snagged first place for “Greatest Legal professional.”
“The match was a terrific expertise for our crew; they labored onerous, competed towards some highly-ranked groups, and had the beautiful distinctive expertise of conducting trials within the federal courthouse downtown,” Don McArthur-Self, the Maine South mock trial crew coach, informed Pioneer Press in a press release. “They gave it their greatest effort and had been thrilled to be within the high ten.”
The host of the competitors, Empire Mock Trial, is an training nonprofit that began as a father and son undertaking in 2007, in line with the group’s web site. The nonprofit expanded over time, together with altering to its present identify that pays homage to its founding location of New York Metropolis.
The Maine South mock trial crew members stated the crew is working to develop the youthful crew members “to make sure a robust crew for the long run.”
The crew has set a objective for the remainder of the season to put within the high 10 at state competitors, and so they have set their sights on even profitable state, officers stated.
