Montgomery Academy Mock Trial Team
Places Fifth in National Judicial Competition
A team of seven Montgomery Academy high school students flew to
Chicago, Illinois, this summer to participate in the YMCA’s National
Judicial Competition. The team won the state competition’s Justice
Hugh Maddox award for the Best Overall Team last November at the
Alabama Youth in Government’s Youth Judicial Competition. Teams
at the national competition are all recognized as top teams in their
individual states.
Third-time participant Camp Spain stated: “I think the best thing
about NJC is that it allows intellectually curious individuals from all
across the nation to engage in competition and become friends in the
process. NJC creates a great environment for new friendships between
people of all kinds of backgrounds and we can share thoughts and
ideas.”
Picture (L-R): Lindsey Ferraro, Caroline Sellers,
Fred Tippett, Ellen Park, Ford Cleveland, Camp Spain and
Griffin Payne
Ford Cleveland and Ellen Park both received Outstanding Attorney
awards. Alabama Youth Governor Ford Cleveland was the opening
student speaker at the competition and he referenced the competition’s
themes this year when he spoke about “Raising the Bar” in terms of
scholarship, socializing, and sportsmanship. Cleveland said, “It’s always
exciting to be invited to attend NJC and I was honored to give the
opening speech that set the tone for the rest of the week.”
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