{"id":249,"date":"2009-11-17T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T23:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/mock-trial-program-seeks-high-school-students-advisors\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T13:40:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T20:40:39","slug":"mock-trial-program-seeks-high-school-students-advisors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/mock-trial-program-seeks-high-school-students-advisors\/","title":{"rendered":"Mock trial program seeks high school students, advisors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High school students now have an opportunity to experience life as an attorney in the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>Local Kent attorney Lisa Voso is organizing a mock trial team to represent the district. Other members of the local legal community are also invited to participate in the National High School Mock Trial program.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1984, the National High School Mock Trial program has not only provided students with the experience of preparing and presenting a case before a judge, but also developed students&#8217; teamwork and critical thinking skills.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in November, students interested in the program will study their cases and make preparations for a mock trial. They will learn about courtroom procedures, as well as how to properly question witnesses and develop opening and closing arguments.<\/p>\n<p>Competition begins in February with the opportunity of advancing to the state and national levels. For more information, contact Voso at lisa@vosolaw.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High school students now have an opportunity to experience life as an attorney in the courtroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}