LA SALLE GARNERS STATE MOCK TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Mock Trial Team wins the RI State Championship for the 3rd straight year.
La Salle Academy's Mock Trial team has won the RI State Championship for the third consecutive year! La Salle defeated Mount St. Charles in a trial on Thursday, March 31 The final trial, the culmination of a tournament that began last November, took place in the RI Supreme Court chamber in the Licht Judicial Complex. The Hon. Supreme Court Justice William Robinson presided, and the jury consisted of 13 RI lawyers and judges.
Previously La Salle's team defeated East Greenwich in a semi-final trial, Providence Country Day in quarterfinals, and Wheeler School in the first round of playoffs. Competing in the playoff trials were: Seniors Emma Parisi, Anna Munslow, Bailey Greenberg, and Thadeus Chrupcala; Junior Sean Miller; Sophomores Lauren Campbell, Jacob Cordeiro, and Jonathan Izzard; and Freshmen Victoria Hennemann and Anne Rogers. Ms. Jane Murphy is the Mock Trial Coach.
This year's case was a criminal case of hazing and murder over a death of a college fraternity pledge. In the final trial, La Salle argued for the Prosecution.
The team will now prepare a new case to compete in the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Boise, Idaho, May 12-15.
La Salle Academy is a high school rich in history and grounded in the person and teachings of Jesus and the Catholic faith, which are core to the school's life and culture. The De La Salle Middle School provides a strong holistic foundation for students to transition into high school. The high school and middle school provide students of diverse ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds, a community to foster growth in the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle’s ideals of faith, service, and community.
