The Annual Mock Trial Competition held at the Sudbury Court House involved students from several high schools including Espanola High School.
Regional Senior Justice Karen Lische of the Ontario Court of Justice says Grade 12 law students from Rainbow District School Board and Near North District School Board donned legal gowns to prosecute and defend an individual charged with “criminal harassment” contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada.
She says close to 50 students from different schools, including Espanola High competed for the Hennessy Cup earlier this month.
Justice Lische, says the cup went to Chippewa Secondary School students this year, with the silver medal going to Sudbury Secondary School, adding there were also several individual awards.
Espanola High’s Nico Jacko was the winner of the Miller Maki (law firm) Best Witness Award.
She says the process allows students a glimpse into the law as a profession, adding students have the opportunity to better appreciate the presumption of innocence.
