Lawley Wins Mock Trial Competition
For a second year in a row Mount Lawley Year 11 Mock Trial team was victorious in the grand final of the Law Society of Western Australia's state wide competition.
The grand final was played out at the Supreme Court of WA, presided over by Justice Chaney.
This year the grand final was between the Mount Lawley SHS Year 11 Mock Trial team and Perth Modern Year 11 Mock Trial team.
The team members for Mount Lawley consisted of - Chaz, Jadviga, Olivia, James, Megan, Clara, Stacey and Joseph.
At the beginning of the season there was also a Year 10 Mock Trial team who performed very well. Well done to those team members on a fantastic entry to the very strong competition - Luisa, Tina, Nicole, Shaun, Regan, Rosa, Tim, and Sophie.
Teacher, Siobhan Galavan, has worked extremely hard all year with both Mount Lawley teams and had the most fantastic support from coaches Rhiarne Bruce and Rosie Blakey-Scholes.
These two lawyers put in a huge amount of time and we thank them so much, along with the company, Thompson Downey Cooper that allowed Rhiarne to give time to our school.
The case hotly debated in the grand final, involved an assault arising from a school rugby union game.
The Mount Lawley team - defending the accused - managed to have the case dismissed, claiming self-defence.
It was an engaging case with both teams - Mount Lawley and Perth Modern - being extremely well prepared and well versed in the legal requirements for the case.
The Mock Trial competition is rising steadily in the ranks of engagement with many schools.
This year there were 91 teams competing for the coveted award from 42 different schools.
This is the most participation there has been since the competition began in 1987.
But only two teams can get to the grand final and only one will come out victorious.
Well done yet again to the Mount Lawley team - we are only the second school to win two years in a row and only one of 3 state school to win the final judgement.
