Head Instructor: Mr. Gierach Important Information Deadline for Registration: January 18, 2011 March 5 - Western Regional, Grand Rapids March 12 - Eastern Regionals, Pontiac March 26 - State Finals, Lansing |
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Mock Trial What is Mock Trial? The Michigan High School Mock Trail Tournament is organized and conducted by the Michigan Center for Civic Education. The program is designed to reenact much of what might take place in trial courts. High school students take on the roles of attorneys and witnesses and compete against other schools in real courtrooms. The 2011 Michigan High School Mock Trial Tournament This year's case is a civil action focused on cyberstalking, a timely topic in this online age. The plaintiff is Jamie Anderson, a high school senior, who used the school;s chat room as a means to stay on top of her/his academic pursuit of the highly coveted valedictorian scholarship. Jamue was tied with defendant Taylor Williams for top spot in the class until her/his concentration was allegedly destroyed after receiving threatening communications from a cyberstalker. Jamie contends that these communications resulted in severe emotional distress, resulting in lower grades and loss of the valedictiorian scholarship. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant was the person who sent the threatening remarks. William's actions, according to Anderson, violated the state's civil cyberstalking statue. All events, characters and documents (and the statue) for the 2011 case are fictional.--
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