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Christmas Break Schedule 2009
M.Murphy Email - 12/16/09
This is a long e-mail. Take the time to read through it and even save it or print it out so you can stay informed over the break.
Remember that what we get accomplished over the break can go a long way toward making us more successful in February and March. Be working on those D-X and C-X detailed outlines. Be reading over witness statements and exhibits that apply to your witness(es).
Remember to keep these dates/times available:
Monday, January 11; 1-4 pm
Meeting on campus in Mr. Ericson's room
Monday, January 11; time TBA
Attorney meeting with Mr. Fretwell (hopefully)
Location TBA
All other team members are welcome to attend the meeting
Tuesday, January 12; 1-4 pm
Meeting on campus in Mr. Ericson's room
All D-X and C-X detailed outlines must be turned in to me in electronic format by the end of this meeting.
Saturday, January 16; time TBA
BJU vs. USC MT scrimmages
Location TBA
Thursday, February 11; 3:30-5:30 pm
MT performance for BJA and BJU families in SAS Assembly Room
(Be thinking of ways to promote this.)
Saturday, February 27; 8 am - 6 pm
MT Regional competition at Greenville County Courthouse
(Encourage family and friends to come! )
Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13; time TBA
MT States at Perry Federal Courthouse in Columbia
Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8; time TBA
MT Nationals in Philadelphia, PA
Monday, May 17 and Tuesday, May 18; time TBA
American Mock Trial Invitational in Charlotte, NC???????
Remember that there may be a MT party or bowling activity at some point over the break. We'll leave that up to Katie Mac and/or David.
Have a blessed Christmas and New Year. Keep in touch.
Mr. Murphy
American Mock Trial Invitational
May 17-19, 2009
Students from the BJA mock trial teams traveled to New Jersey in May 2009 to compete in the American Mock Trial Invitational. The team was undefeated in competetion, but their total point score resulted in a third-place finish. Congratulations on a job well done!
2009AMTI Results
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Jamie Noel wrote an article about the AMTI which was published in the Triangle.
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HSMT Nationals - May 6-10, 2009
Below is a summary of the 2009 National High School Mock Trial Championship taken from http://www.nationalmocktrial.org
2009 National Champion
John Adams High School South Bend, Indiana won the national title by defeating Lakeville North High School from Lakeville, Minnesota.
Congratulations to Guam, South Korea, the Commonwealth of Northern Marianna Islands, and all 39 state champions who competed.
Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the 26th Annual
National High School Mock Trial Championship
May 6 through May 10, 2009.
The 2009 competition was held at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta May 6-10, 2009. High school students from 42 states, U.S. territories, and South Korea participated in this two-day national competition. This is the second time Georgia has been selected to host nationals, the first time occurring in 1993.
HSMT State Championship - May 13-14, 2009
The following is a press release from the South Carolina Bar regarding the results of the 2009 HSMT State Championship. http://www.scbar.org/news/news/434
Fort Mill High wins state mock trial competition; Bob Jones Academy places second
March 16, 2009
COLUMBIA, S.C. (March 16, 2009) -- Fort Mill High School students placed first among 11 other S.C. high schools who competed in the state mock trial competition March 13-14 at the Matthew J. Perry Jr. Federal Courthouse in Columbia. The team will advance to the national competition May 7-10 in Atlanta, GA.
Participating students were Darius Becker, Josh Bradley, Ryan Corby, Justin Duke, Heather Griffin, Maddison Hall, James Hughes, Sunshine Isner, Rowena Jones, Kristy Klixbull, Nathan Koverman, Gabriela Lanza, Chase Lovins, Veronica Martinez, Tasha Sanders, Mattson Taylor Smith and Kaylee Wagner. Attorney coaches were Walter Dusky, Harold Staley, Stephen Corby and Erin Fitzpatrick. Teacher coaches were Lynn Dickinson, Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Beth Spratt and Tom Wood.
photo courtesy of SC HSMT website
Bob Jones Academy placed second. Participating students were Annie Churdar, David Freeman, Brendan Kelley, Jon Ludwig, Valerie Myers, Jackie Olinger and Stephen Vogt. Attorney coach was Allen Fretwell. Teacher coaches were Michael Murphy and Jennifer Olinger.Other teams competing at the state competition were as follows: Blythewood High School, Chapin High School, Daniel High School, Dutch Fork High School, Fort Dorchester High School, Johnsonville High School, North Myrtle Beach High School, Strom Thurmond High School, Wade Hampton High School and Wando High School.
For more information on the mock trial case or program, visit www.scbar.org/lre.
The mock trial program is sponsored by the South Carolina Bar’s Law Related Education (LRE) Division, which was developed in 1976 to improve the ability of teachers to instruct law related education.
The mock trial program is made possible through an IOLTA grant from the South Carolina Bar Foundation.
The South Carolina Bar, which has a membership of more than 13,000 lawyers, is dedicated to advancing justice, professionalism and understanding of the law.
Mock Trial Piedmont Regional - February 28, 2009
Photos below were taken at the 2009 SC Mock Trial Regional Competition at the Greenville County Courthouse on Saturday, February 28.
The BJA varsity team won one of four bids from the Piedmont region to the State Championships to be held in Columbia on Friday and Saturday, March 13 & 14.
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Note: Sorry that some of the photos are blurry... no flash photography was allowed.
