By Alejandro Rodriguez
In January, our Law 2 class began preparing and practicing for our first ever trial against other schools in a real courtroom. The seniors who had law last year did a practice trial in the classroom, but on February 18 and 20th of this year was going to be the real deal. We divided into two teams: the prosecution and the defense. Those who were lawyers had to practice their direct and cross examinations. The students who were witnesses had to memorize their affidavits in order to answer the questions asked by the lawyers. One of the witnesses, Laura Soza (Div. 508) described her role as “a witness being the best friend of the victim.” She said, “It was a new experience being in a trial because it was my first time being in law.” She also had high praises for Mr. Fitz. “He taught me how to speak with confidence; he is very competitive; and he also taught me how to speak clearly and in a loud manner.” The State Trials took place on February 18 and a second one on the 20th, after a week after the state trials. Hubbard placed 8th. Those weren’t the only trials that Hubbard was participated in. There was also City Trials. On March 11, both teams won the verdict and won in scores as well making the finals. In the finals, Hubbard’s defense team beat Wells High School and the prosecution team beat Kennedy winning again in verdicts and scores, and winning the Championship in the City Mock Trials. Because of their win, there will not be a mock wedding this year. Congratulations to our future lawyers!
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