The National Advocacy Center is the training center for federal prosecutors. Federal judges come in from all over the country to teach and then sit on the bench for the lawyers capstone presentation of a formulated case. The juries are complied of high school students from local area schools. The case our students sat for was a bank robbery. After prosecution and defense presented their cases, the jury was sequestered and the lawyers and the judge went to another area while the jury deliberated.
Our students did an amazing job on deliberating the case, and took this opportunity very seriously. On average, there are five different court rooms, usually holding the same mock trial, but with different attorneys and jurors. Our students learned exactly how a court case is presented. They helped critique the participants immediately following the verdict, and showed amazing insight into the workings of the court thanks Ms. Kannisto and Mr. Griffin.
