Grady team finishes second in trial competition
Grady High School's team finished second in the 28th Annual National High School Mock Trial Championship, held last weekend in Albuquerque, N.M.
The hometown team from Albuquerque Academy won the 2012 title. During the tournament's preliminary rounds, Grady's team competed against state champion teams from Massachusetts, South Carolina, Indiana and Washington. This marked the Grady team’s sixth time representing the Georgia High School Mock Trial program at the national level and the team’s fourth top ten finish.
Grady’s mock trial team included: seniors Kenny Cochran, Atiana Johnson, Nally Kinnane, Shaun Kleber and Elizabeth McGlamry; juniors Ciena Leshley and Troy Kleber; and sophomore Archer Kinnane. The team is coached by teacher Brian Leahy and attorneys Carl Gebo, Trinh Huynh, Crystal Genteman, Cecily McLeod and Elizabeth Campbell.
During the 2012 national tournament, students played the roles of attorneys and witnesses in a criminal court case.
The Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition is a project of the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia, with primary financial support from the State Bar of Georgia, the Young Lawyers Division and other individual donors.
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