Milestone: SHS mock trial club featured in magazine

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Not bad for a first season.

Sequim High School’s first mock trial club received the William Downing Values Award, an honor voted on by other teams and awarded to the team best exhibiting values of sportsmanship, respect and professionalism at the 2023 YMCA Mock Trial state championships in late March.

Now, the club is in the spotlight in Full Court Press, the Washington State Courts magazine.

Sequim’s team is featured in an article titled “Mock trials are back! Students get a close view of law, while judges and lawyers contribute to the future of the profession.”

Read the article at tinyurl.com/SEQmock.

The YMCA Mock Trial program began in 1987 and is part of the YMCA’s Youth & Government program that helps students experience democracy in action. Mock Trial allows students to participate in true-to-life courtroom drama before real judges and attorneys, gaining an understanding of the law and the role of the judiciary.