Bill > SCR89

This resolution congratulates the participants and winners of the 34th Annual Delaware High School Mock Trial Program, which involved over 200 students from 18 teams across various school types. The competition, held on February 28 and March 1, 2025, at the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center, was organized by the Mock Trial Committee and sponsored by the Delaware Law Related Education Center, with support from over 200 volunteers. The resolution specifically recognizes Salesianum School as the competition champions who will represent Delaware in the National High School Mock Trial Championship, Wilmington Friends School as runners-up, and other top-performing schools including Newark Charter School, the Charter School of Wilmington, Tower Hill School, and Cape Henlopen High School. Additionally, the resolution commends individual achievements such as Tatiana Hynansky's courtroom artist competition win, Lucy Tollett's courtroom journalist competition victory, and Padua Academy's Delaware Way Award for exemplifying mock trial ideals of civility, justice, and fairness. The resolution highlights the program's value as a civic learning experience where students make opening statements, argue both sides of a case, question witnesses, and are judged on their legal knowledge and case presentation.

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