Lynwood : High School Team Wins Mock Trial Competition
A team of Lynwood High School students has earned first place in the Los Angeles County Mock Trial Competition, an annual event in which students take on the roles of attorneys, witnesses, court clerks and bailiffs in a hypothetical court case.
The 16 Lynwood High students, who will go on to a statewide competition in April, beat out 1,300 students from 65 schools. A team from Polytechnic High School in Long Beach was the runner-up.
Lynwood High student Joel Estrada received recognition as top defense attorney and Jenoa Taylor was given an outstanding pretrial attorney award.
The Lynwood High team argued the case, centering on an alleged child abduction, before a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. Two professional attorneys scored the teams.
Walter F. Dexter Intermediate School of Whittier defeated Lynwood’s Fred W. Hosler Junior High School in the final round of the junior competition.
The competition is sponsored by the Constitutional Rights Foundation, a Los Angeles-based group that arranges programs to educate young people about the law and community involvement.
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