posted March 20, 2006
Family Christian Academy, a team of home-school students from Chattanooga, took third place in the 26th annual Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition.
Knoxville’s West High School won the state championship, defeating Memphis’ St. Mary’s Episcopal School.
Team member Jennifer Camfield was named Best Defense Advocate and Ian Orr was chosen as the team’s most valuable player. The West team will represent Tennessee at the National Mock Trial Competition in Oklahoma City, May 11-13.
Last year’s champion, Hume-Fogg Academic High School of Nashville, took fourth place.
Sixteen high school teams from across Tennessee put their legal skills to the test during the Tennessee Bar Association's annual State High School Mock Trial Competition in Nashville. About 180 students and 200 volunteers – mostly, judges, lawyers and law students – gave their time and expertise. Sitting judges in the state presided over each round, with Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia Clark presiding over the championship match.
To reach the state competition, teams had to win district competitions by playing the roles of attorneys and witnesses in a fictitious case developed by the Tennessee Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division. This year, teams presented the case of Dale Evans v. Kris Harris, a civil suit involving a tour bus and pedestrian accident that occurs while tourists are trying to catch a glimpse of a popular country singer.
Teams presented their best arguments as to whether the bus driver or the pedestrian was at fault.
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