2012 Annual Report - State Bar of Georgia

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Grady Team Places 4 th at Nationals Following five weeks of intense preparation this spring, the mock trial team from Henry W. Grady High School in Atlanta represented the state of Georgia in the 28 th annual National High School Mock Trial Championship, held over Mother’s day weekend in Phoenix, Arizona. The national case this year was a civil problem wherein the plaintiff, the D’Baha Indian Tribe, claimed that a planned mine expansion by the Intrepid Mining Corporation (the Defendant) was a breach of contract in that the project would taint the tribe’s sacred water and injure wildlife on the Tribal Lands. The tribe’s second claim was for nuisance in that the mine’s expansion interfered with the public health, safety, peace, comfort of convenience of the tribe and impaired the tribe’s enjoyment of its rights in and to the Tribal Lands. Intrepid denied that the proposed expansion of the Harrelson Mine was a breach of the sublease or a nuisance. Intrepid claimed it had obtained all necessary permits and approvals for the expansion and that the tribe waived Intrepid’s strict compliance with the terms of the sublease. Intrepid also contended that the tribe’s opposition to the expansion was motivated by its desire to build a water park and resort in place of the Harrelson Mine and not by its desire to protect its sacred water. During the preliminary rounds of the national tournament, the Georgia team competed against New Hampshire and won. They competed against Idaho in the 2nd round and won, then faced Kentucky in the 3rd round and lost and finally Delaware in the 4th round and won. The Grady team ultimately ended the tournament weekend with a 3‐1 record – 3 wins, 1 loss, earning 10 winning ballots out of 12 and 1,131 total points. The team placed 4 th in a field of 48 teams from across the U.S., Guam, the Northern Marianas Islands, South Korea and Australia. The teams from Indiana and Missouri advanced to the championship round and the team from the John Adams High School in South Bend, Indiana won the 2011 national title. . The Grady Mock Trial Team represented the GHSMTC very well and had a lot of fun during the NHSMTC in Phoenix. 29
2010 Law Academy Scholars pose at the famous “Arch” on UGA’s main campus On Thursday evening, November 11 th , 28 mock trial team leaders from around the state met at the Holiday Inn in Athens and the UGA Law School for the 13 th Annual Law Academy. Law Academy is an intense, clinic‐style weekend that provides veteran mock trial team leaders the opportunity to gain basic skills in strengthening their mock trial team and preparing a mock trial case for competition. Law Academy offers intensive instruction on trial procedure, mock trial rules, and team leadership. Instructional activities are based on the nature of the case (either criminal or civil) featured in the upcoming season receive training that will allow them to become team leaders in the upcoming academic year. During the Awards Assembly held Sunday afternoon, students receive certificates of participation. For the tenth year in a row, Law Academy was held at the University of Georgia, School of Law. Dean Rebecca H. White donated the use of the facilities to the program and Marc Galvin, Director of Student Affairs and Registrar at the School of Law secured the rooms used. Attorneys make up the faculty and serving on this year’s faculty were Julie Culhane (Savannah), Candace Duvernay (McDonough), Deshala Dixon (Cordele), Rhonda Klein (Atlanta), Aimee Maxwell (Atlanta), Orlando Pearson (Atlanta), Jon Setzer (Lawrenceville), and Bonnie Smith (Marietta). Faculty members throughout the weekend provide individualized instruction by conducting breakout sessions with groups of 7 students. On Saturday, speakers were invited to conduct general sessions: Chris Cannon (Sandy Creek High School) conducted an activity on First Amendment, Barry Stewart Mann (Atlanta) conducted a session on character development through improvisation, and Deborah Craytor (Kennesaw) conducted a session on the Rules of Evidence. 30
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