Each month we will conduct a mock trial and discuss the different roles in court. Students will play these roles and learn about how laws are made and interpreted by courts. Students will take turns with the role of attorney, judge, jury, bailiff, witness, and defendant. By playing the different roles students will learn skills such as oral advocacy, speech, and logic. We will play games and discuss the roles of Police officers in questioning witnesses, criminal defense investigators, and others roles that are important to how our courts work. Students will experience different roles in court by playing those parts.

Students will go over which cases to adjudicate and which cases to dismiss. Students will negotiate plea agreements and students be taught about the different stages for a criminal court case and will learn witness preparation, interviewing skills, negotiation skills, speech, and courtroom etiquette. They will continue the case to sentencing and even appeal. 

This will continue and each month a new court case will be developed by the students