Bobby and John congratulate
the Marietta High School Mock Trial Team for their performance on February 2,
2018 in the Cobb County competition.
This is the first mock trial team fielded by Marietta High School in
several years. The team held their own
through four rounds and ended the day with one of their own being named
Outstanding Attorney! Bobby and John could not be prouder of the team.
The high school mock
trial competition provides a different type of case each year for the
students. Each team has 6 student
attorneys and 6 student witnesses. The
students get to learn about the law, how to try a case, and how to perform as
witnesses. It is an intensive process
where you have to absorb multiple different versions of an event (in this case
a dispute over a lottery ticket), learn how to bolster the positive facts and
diminish the negative facts, and how to make and handle legal objections from
the opposing team.
The Marietta High
team, primarily made up of underclassmen, learned the attorney and witness
roles quickly and ably. Bobby and John
worked with the team on how to prepare and deliver opening statements, closing
arguments, and the distinction between asking a witness a direct or open-ended
question and a leading or “yes or no” question.
Bobby and John also
want to thank Natalie Jorges-Castellanos and Jacob Wachtel, the teacher
coaches, for organizing the team and working with everyone for a successful
season! We can’t wait until next year!