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 Strom Thurmond High School students gear up for South Carolina Bar High School Mock Trial Competition web posted February 26, 2008 COLUMBIA – Strom Thurmond High School students competed in the South Carolina Bar Regional High School Mock Trial Competition Saturday, February 23, at the Greenville County Courthouse. The local students had an excellent showing and will now compete in the State Mock Trial Competition March 7 and 8 in Columbia, SC. Caitlen Jebens and Tre’ Wright received Best Attorney Awards and Nery Hernandez and C’Shara Lott received Best Witness Awards. Participating students include Erin Armstrong, Zachary Collier, Garrett Dorn, Nery Hernandez, Caitlin Jebens, Todd Johns, Nicholas Johnson, Ca’Shara Lott, Ktyall Malik, Wallace Mealing, Zach Rearden, Ryan Talbert, Desmond Taylor and Tre’ Wright. Students presented the plaintiff and defense sides of a fictitious case before a panel of local volunteer lawyers. Additionally, students filled the roles of defendant, witnesses and bailiff. Each team was judged on its presentation skills. This year’s case was inspired by the events related to Liebeck vs. McDonald’s, a case involving Stella Liebeck, a 79-year-old grandmother from Albuquerque, New Mexico who was burned by a 49-cent cup of coffee at the drive-thru window of her local McDonald's. The plaintiff in this case, Lee Cavanaugh, purchased a cup of coffee from a Winkies drive-thru window. While holding the cup of coffee, the lid, which had not been properly secured by the Winkies employee, suddenly and unexpectedly came off of the cup, causing the coffee, which was served at an extremely hot temperature, to spill onto the plaintiff resulting in severe bodily injuries. For more information on the mock trial case or program, visit www.scbar.org/member/lre/highschoolmocktrial.asp. Three teams from the Piedmont region will advance to the state competition on March 7 and 8 at the Matthew J. Perry Jr. Federal Courthouse located at 901 Richland St. in Columbia. Nine other teams will advance from regional competitions in the Low Country, Piedmont and Coastal areas to the state competition. 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 12,000 lawyers, is dedicated to advancing justice, professionalism and understanding of the law. ©
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