[Vision2020] Case closed: Future lawyers in training -- Moscow school wins mock trial competition against Bishop Kelly
Art Deco aka W. Fox
deco@moscow.com
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The Idaho Statesman - Always IdahoDale, et al,
Perhaps Logos is an ideal place for lawyers to start. The text for their logic
and rhetoric studies is The Art of Deception. How fitting for future lawyers
and religious crackpots!
Wayne
Art Deco (Wayne Fox)
deco@moscow.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Courtney
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 1:06 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Case closed: Future lawyers in training -- Moscow school
wins mock trial competition against Bishop Kelly
Case closed: Future lawyers in training
Moscow school wins mock trial competition against Bishop Kelly
Abby Busboom, a high school student from Logos School in Moscow,
cries as she portrays the widow of a man who died after being attacked by a dog.
Busboom´s team competed in the 17th annual mock trial competition at the Idaho
Supreme Court in Boise on Tuesday. The team from Logos School won the event,
even as the Bishop Kelly team won the mock trial.
Photos by Chris Butler / The Idaho Statesman
Drew Simon, a student at Bishop Kelly High School, gives the
closing argument as a judge´s panel of Russ Heller, left, Idaho Supreme Court
Chief Justice Linda Copple-Trout and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden
listen Tuesday morning during the 17th annual mock trial competition finals.
Playing the attorney for the defense, Bishop Kelly High student
Drew Simon listens to testimony Tuesday at high school mock-trial competition at
the Idaho Supreme Court in Boise. Bishop Kelly competed against a team from
Logos School in Moscow. The Bishop Kelly team defended a woman accused of
allowing her dog to kill a man.
Patrick Orr
The Idaho Statesman (scooped DN again).
The University of Idaho law school may want to set up permanent recruiting
offices at Logos School in Moscow and Bishop Kelly High School in Boise.
Teams of mostly underclassmen from both those schools faced off in the finals
of the Idaho Law Foundation Mock Trial competition, with Logos winning the
judging by a scant two-point margin - the second win in the past four years for
the private K-12 school.
The winners in 2002 and 2003? Bishop Kelly.
So Tuesday´s final could have been the clash of the best of Idaho´s future
litigators. And if passers-by had dropped into the Idaho Supreme Court, they
would have thought they stumbled into a real capital murder trial instead of a
contest between high school kids.
"This is really cool ... it´s so exciting," said Abby Busboom, a key "witness"
for the prosecution (the Logos team) who did some serious emoting as the spouse
of a murder victim. Busboom was all smiles as fellow students and parents
congratulated her Tuesday. "Our teachers really worked hard with us."
"Other schools´ gyms are filled with banners for football, but ours are filled
with banners from the mock trial competition," said Bob Hieronymus, whose son,
Scott, is on the Logos team. "These kids work really hard on this."
The loss snapped Bishop Kelly´s team hope of a "threepeat," but the kids
seemed OK with the outcome. Most said they were a little disappointed, but felt
good about their performance - especially since they won the trial itself when
their "client" was found not guilty of murder.
Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice Linda Copple-Trout, one of the three judges
of the contest, noted that out of 120 total points based on performance, only 2
points separated the teams - the closest state-championship mock trial decision
ever.
After the competition, students from both teams laughed and talked in small
groups, morphing from junior attorneys, court officials or witnesses back into
regular teenagers.
But an hour before, the teams looked like the real things arguing a capital
murder case involving a dog mauling, with all the subtleties seen in a real
courtroom. Such as:
. Asking a witness a question knowing the judge will rule it stricken, but
getting it before the jury at least once. The Logos team did that a few times.
. Successfully rephrasing questions stricken by the judge to get the needed
answers from witnesses. Lawyers for both teams did this.
. A defense attorney for the Bishop Kelly team placing his hand on the
shoulder of the "accused" right before the verdict was read.
. Displaying a firm grasp of Idaho´s rules of evidence. Both teams cited code
sections several times.
. Direct and cross examination were crisp and cool. Lawyers objected at the
right times to leading questions or disputes over the law.
The students´ legal points were so good, in fact, that Copple-Trout had to
consult with fellow judge Lawrence Wasden - Idaho´s attorney general - before
issuing a ruling.
"I don´t recall ever having to work so hard on the rules of evidence," she
laughed after the competition.
The witnesses also were believable and natural, playing among other things a
police officer, dog handler, dog owner and neighbor.
So where did these kids get their legal and acting chops? "Law and Order?"
"NYPD Blue?"
Try real-world experience from attorney-coaches who work with the teams all
year long.
"It´s not TV. Our coaches and teachers help us with everything - they will say
stuff like ´A cop wouldn´t say that´ or ´This is how a lawyer would ask that
question,´" said Bishop Kelly student Drew Simon, who offered an expert
performance as an unflappable defense attorney. "We practice a lot."
Busboom said she channeled teachings from drama class to get the proper pathos
as the wife of the man fatally mauled.
"I worked really hard with my drama teacher. When I started doing it, I had a
hard time crying, and then I pretended it was my dad (who was killed). Then it
was like, oh (gasp) ...," she said. "I didn´t want to seem whiny."
Most of the kids said they have a blast in the contest but aren´t sure about
pursuing careers as lawyers.
"This is fun, but being a lawyer means way too much paperwork," Simon said.
"You spend six months writing and writing just for a few days in court."
To offer story ideas or comments, contact Patrick Orr
porr@idahostatesman.com or 373-6619
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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>Dale, et al,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>Perhaps Logos is an ideal place for lawyers to =
start. =20
The text for their logic and rhetoric studies is <EM>The Art of=20
Deception</EM>. How fitting for future lawyers and religious=20
crackpots!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D4></FONT> </DIV><FONT size=3D4>
<DIV><BR>Wayne</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Art Deco (Wayne Fox)<BR><A=20
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1:06=20
PM</DIV>
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Bishop Kelly</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=3Dheadline>Case closed: Future lawyers in=20
training</FONT><BR><FONT class=3Dsubhead>Moscow school wins mock trial =
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Busboom, a high=20
school student from Logos School in Moscow, cries as she =
portrays=20
the widow of a man who died after being attacked by a dog. =
Busboom=B4s team competed in the 17th annual mock trial =
competition=20
at the Idaho Supreme Court in Boise on Tuesday. The team =
from=20
Logos School won the event, even as the Bishop Kelly team =
won the=20
mock trial.</SPAN></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=3Dtop align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3DCutline>Drew =
Simon, a=20
student at Bishop Kelly High School, gives the closing =
argument as=20
a judge=B4s panel of Russ Heller, left, Idaho Supreme =
Court Chief=20
Justice Linda Copple-Trout and Idaho Attorney General =
Lawrence=20
Wasden listen Tuesday morning during the 17th annual mock =
trial=20
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<TD vAlign=3Dtop align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3DCutline>Playing =
the attorney=20
for the defense, Bishop Kelly High student Drew Simon =
listens to=20
testimony Tuesday at high school mock-trial competition at =
the=20
Idaho Supreme Court in Boise. Bishop Kelly competed =
against a team=20
from Logos School in Moscow. The Bishop Kelly team =
defended a=20
woman accused of allowing her dog to kill a=20
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<P><SPAN class=3Dbyline><A =
href=3D"mailto:porr@idahostatesman.com">Patrick=20
Orr</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3Dsource>The Idaho Statesman<SPAN=20
class=3D632270520-08042004> (scooped DN again). </SPAN></SPAN></P><!-- =
BEGIN STORY CODE -->The University of Idaho law school=20
may want to set up permanent recruiting offices at Logos School in =
Moscow and=20
Bishop Kelly High School in Boise.=20
<P>Teams of mostly underclassmen from both those schools faced off in =
the=20
finals of the Idaho Law Foundation Mock Trial competition, with Logos =
winning=20
the judging by a scant two-point margin =97 the second win in the past =
four=20
years for the private K-12 school.=20
<P>The winners in 2002 and 2003? Bishop Kelly.=20
<P>So Tuesday=B4s final could have been the clash of the best of =
Idaho=B4s future=20
litigators. And if passers-by had dropped into the Idaho Supreme =
Court, they=20
would have thought they stumbled into a real capital murder trial =
instead of a=20
contest between high school kids.=20
<P>=93This is really cool ... it=B4s so exciting,=94 said Abby =
Busboom, a key=20
=93witness=94 for the prosecution (the Logos team) who did some =
serious emoting as=20
the spouse of a murder victim. Busboom was all smiles as fellow =
students and=20
parents congratulated her Tuesday. =93Our teachers really worked hard =
with us.=94=20
<P>=93Other schools=B4 gyms are filled with banners for football, but =
ours are=20
filled with banners from the mock trial competition,=94 said Bob =
Hieronymus,=20
whose son, Scott, is on the Logos team. =93These kids work really hard =
on this.=94=20
<P>The loss snapped Bishop Kelly=B4s team hope of a =93threepeat,=94 =
but the kids=20
seemed OK with the outcome. Most said they were a little disappointed, =
but=20
felt good about their performance =97 especially since they won the =
trial itself=20
when their =93client=94 was found not guilty of murder.=20
<P>Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice Linda Copple-Trout, one of the =
three=20
judges of the contest, noted that out of 120 total points based on=20
performance, only 2 points separated the teams =97 the closest=20
state-championship mock trial decision ever.=20
<P>After the competition, students from both teams laughed and talked =
in small=20
groups, morphing from junior attorneys, court officials or witnesses =
back into=20
regular teenagers.=20
<P>But an hour before, the teams looked like the real things arguing a =
capital=20
murder case involving a dog mauling, with all the subtleties seen in a =
real=20
courtroom. Such as:=20
<P>=95 Asking a witness a question knowing the judge will rule it =
stricken, but=20
getting it before the jury at least once. The Logos team did that a =
few times.=20
<P>=95 Successfully rephrasing questions stricken by the judge to get =
the needed=20
answers from witnesses. Lawyers for both teams did this.=20
<P>=95 A defense attorney for the Bishop Kelly team placing his hand =
on the=20
shoulder of the =93accused=94 right before the verdict was read.=20
<P>=95 Displaying a firm grasp of Idaho=B4s rules of evidence. Both =
teams cited=20
code sections several times.=20
<P>=95 Direct and cross examination were crisp and cool. Lawyers =
objected at the=20
right times to leading questions or disputes over the law.=20
<P>The students=B4 legal points were so good, in fact, that =
Copple-Trout had to=20
consult with fellow judge Lawrence Wasden =97 Idaho=B4s attorney =
general =97 before=20
issuing a ruling.=20
<P>=93I don=B4t recall ever having to work so hard on the rules of =
evidence,=94 she=20
laughed after the competition.=20
<P>The witnesses also were believable and natural, playing among other =
things=20
a police officer, dog handler, dog owner and neighbor.=20
<P>So where did these kids get their legal and acting chops? =93Law =
and Order?=94=20
=93NYPD Blue?=94=20
<P>Try real-world experience from attorney-coaches who work with the =
teams all=20
year long.=20
<P>=93It=B4s not TV. Our coaches and teachers help us with everything =
=97 they will=20
say stuff like =B4A cop wouldn=B4t say that=B4 or =B4This is how a =
lawyer would ask=20
that question,=B4=94 said Bishop Kelly student Drew Simon, who offered =
an expert=20
performance as an unflappable defense attorney. =93We practice a =
lot.=94=20
<P>Busboom said she channeled teachings from drama class to get the =
proper=20
pathos as the wife of the man fatally mauled.=20
<P>=93I worked really hard with my drama teacher. When I started doing =
it, I had=20
a hard time crying, and then I pretended it was my dad (who was =
killed). Then=20
it was like, oh (gasp) ...,=94 she said. =93I didn=B4t want to seem =
whiny.=94=20
<P>Most of the kids said they have a blast in the contest but aren=B4t =
sure=20
about pursuing careers as lawyers.=20
<P>=93This is fun, but being a lawyer means way too much paperwork,=94 =
Simon said.=20
=93You spend six months writing and writing just for a few days in =
court.=94 <!-- END STORY CODE --><!-- BEGIN TAGLINE --><!--BEGIN THE =
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href=3D"mailto:porr@idahostatesman.com">porr@idahostatesman.com</A> or =
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