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information and time-tested programs. Teachers, this conference is, as always, for you. Please join us as we celebrate 30 years strong and enjoy a piece of birthday cake too! (Continued on page 3)
Teachable Moment: Appellate Process May Appeal to Students............ 2 NEW! OCLRE Launches Moot Court............................. 4 Mock Trial Case Capsule......... 5 Mock Trial Closing Arguments................. 6 OCLRE to Present Highest Honors at Annual Law & Citizenship Conference ......... 7 InspirED: Students stories about educators who inspire.8 And the winner is. Cleveland middle school students..................... 10 See the Ohio Constitution Come Alive: Ohio Government in Action.10
TEACHABLE MOMENT
Cleveland teacher Teddy Mwonyonyi believes engaging students in service learning projects that are technologybased and help her students develop a sense of civic responsibility and community engagement. Come learn from Ms Mwonyonyi about ready-to-use project based programs. Related sessions include: Taking Projects from Dessert to the Main Course: Project-Based Learning for the 21st Century Project-Based Learning Using OCLRE Programs
Teddy Mwonyonyi
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Additional Sessions by: Ohio Resource Center Ohio Council for the Social Studies
Preparing for a Brave New World: Technology in the Classroom How to Google-ize Your Classroom
Not only does MY OHIO align with the academic content standards for the social studies, it provides all the details to conduct the lessons and activities, including background information for the teacher, student activity pages, and assessments. View sample lessons and read teacher testimonials here.
Mock Trial Case Capsule Phillips School District v. Jesse Springfield, et al.
Phillips High School agrees to license naming rights of its field to a large corporation. In response, students organize protests both in school and on the field. The school district responds by installing security cameras, searching lockers of the students involved and filing a lawsuit seeking an order authorizing the school to remove the students from the field. The students claim that the school districts actions violated their First and Fourth Amendment rights.
The 2013-14 Ohio Mock Trial Case will be available beginning Sunday, September 22nd at the Centers Law & Citizenship Conference. Request for Materials (for those not attending the Law & Citizenship Conference) and Team Registration forms are available now. The team registration deadline is December 6th. Teams registering between December 6th and January 6th will be assessed a $30 late fee. Teams registering after January 6th will be able to compete only on a space available basis. No refunds will be available after January 6th. Questions regarding the case may be submitted to tburch@ oclre.org, and answers will be posted to the Errata Sheet at www.oclre.org. The Errata Sheet will be updated every two weeks beginning October 15th and ending January 21st. District site assignments and competition times will be released on the Centers website on January 10th.
The Center is grateful to the Case Committee, which devoted many hours researching the issues, drafting witness statements and briefs, and creating exhibits for the 2013-2014 Ohio Mock Trial case materials. We are also grateful to the members of the Competition Committee who work tirelessly to ensure the mock trial competition runs smoothly and with integrity. 2013-2014 Ohio Mock Trial Committee: David Bloomfield, Esq., Bloomfield & Kempf Paul Cox, Esq. Bob Hart, Esq.* Jon Hsu, Esq., Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission Laura Jurcevich, Esq., Perez & Morris Kara Keating, Esq., Franklin County Prosecutors Office Joshua Leckrone, Esq., Golden & Walters Julie Lindstrom, Esq. Stephanie Graubner Nelson, Esq., Supreme Court of Ohio Diana Ramos Reardon, MPA, JD, Supreme Court of Ohio Jeremy Young, Esq., Roetzel & Andress* *Co-Chair of the Case Committee 2013-2014 High School Mock Trial Competition Committee: Jeffrey Ginsburg, Esq. Competition Committee Chair Shirley Cochran, Esq. Attorney at Law and Mediator The Honorable Jerry McBride Clermont County Court of Common Pleas
In addition to laptop computers, smartphones, tablets and similar electronic devices are explicitly prohibited from use during trial. Objections during opening statements and closing arguments are prohibited. Teams will have the opportunity to receive score sheets on the day of competition. The Score Sheet Complaint Form provided in the case packet must be used to bring any issues to OCLREs attention.
Are you new to the Centers mock trial programs, or interested in learning more? This session will prepare middle and high school teachers to implement mock trials in the classroom. Learn to develop legal strategy and perform all steps of a trial including delivering speeches, questioning witnesses and making objections. Attendees will leave this session with a better understanding of how to teach the mock trial process. Participants will receive a certificate of participation for contact hours. Register online. Note: Attendance at this professional development is complimentary with Law & Citizenship Conference registration. Please contact Todd Burch at 877-4853510 or tburch@oclre.org with any questions.
Jeffrey Schobert is the 2013 recipient of the Eiler Award. Schobert served as a legal advisor to the Archbishop Hoban High School mock trial team for more than seven years. A former mock trial student described Schobert as a patient and dedicated coach who completely dedicated himself to [the] team. A busy and successful lawyer himself, Jeff Schobert gladly embraced his role as a team legal advisor and made adjustments to his schedule to work with the students. Hoban team advisor Kevin Hillery offered these words about Schobert: All in all, Jeff is most rememberedfor the relationships he made with the kids on his teams. He really pushed [them] to expect more from themselves and was there for them as they needed support
William K. Weisenberg was selected by the OCLRE Board of Trustees as the recipient of the 2013 Founders Award in recognition of his longstanding commitment to OCLREs mission, his significant support in connecting OCLRE with the Ohio General Assembly, and for his collaborative efforts with the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Ohio Attorney Generals Office to secure adequate funding and expand programmatic opportunities. Weisenberg is assistant executive director for public affairs, government relations and diversity initiatives for the Ohio State Bar Association.
LLI students at Mock Trial Competition held at the Supreme Court of Ohio Most high school students spend the long, lazy days of summer sleeping in, hanging out with friends and swimming at the local pools- unless of course they are the students of the Law and Leadership Institute (LLI). These students spend five weeks of the summer at their local law school campus learning about the law and developing important leadership and life skills. LLI is designed to introduce high school students from under-served schools to the wide array of legal careers and to prepare those students to achieve the scholastic success needed to ultimately obtain a law degree. LLI recruits students from the high schools that neighbor the eight Ohio law schools located in urban areas, namely the cities of Akron, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo. Despite their proximity to the law schools, many of the students
The Law and Leadership Institute is hiring! If you would like to join our administrative team in Columbus as Program Director or Development Consultant, contact LLI Executive Director Hope Sharett at hsharett@lawandleadership.org.
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*Editors note: InspirED will be a regular column in the Reporter, featuring stories from current or former students about educators (the ED in InpirED) who have made a special impact in their lives. This first installment was authored by OCLRE Board member Pierce Reed. Mr. Reed interviewed members of the legal community who shared stories about teachers who influenced and encouraged them. Contact Kate Strickland at kstrickland@oclre.org to share your story.
third year in her class, Ms. Steen convinced me to try out for the mock trial team. So, my senior year in high school I added mock trial to my extra-curriculars. Despite never having participated in mock trial, my teacher made me lead counsel for the defense. I remember the months preparing for that trial more vividly than most anything that I did in high school. That year brought many personal challenges to my life, but mock trial turned into my solace. At the end of the season (my team placed third, by the way), my teacher gave us all a little gift and a personal note. Mine said: You were my rock, and the backbone of this team. Your future is bright if you continue chasing what you love to do. It is one of the most sincere and meaningful compliments I have ever received, and nine years later, here I am! Demetrius Daniels-Hill Demetrius DanielsHill attended high school in Gahanna, his hometown. He is well on his way to being a double Buckeye: after graduating with honors in political science and humanities from The Ohio State University in 2011, he enrolled in the Moritz College of Law. Demetrius, who will graduate this spring, currently works part-time in the Columbus City Attorneys Office and hopes to be a prosecutor. An incredibly talented and persuasive oralist, I have no doubt that he will persuade every juror he encounters to see things his way. I had a speech teacher my junior year, Mr. Lyle Linerode. I took the class and ended up loving it. He helped me get over my fear of public speaking. He was also the coach of the Gahanna Speech and Debate team. I joined the team and did public forum debate my senior year. I realized two things my senior year: I love arguing, and I hate math and science. This recognition made the decision to go to law school a pretty easy one. Im sure Mr. Linerode had famous quotes and what not, and I know that many of my former classmates remember them
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. -William Arthur Ward By Pierce Reed OCLRE Board of Trustees Sr. Judicial Attorney to Chief Justice Maureen OConnor, Supreme Court of Ohio
I was lucky enough to have an uncle who had been a state FFA officer and he set me on a path to do the same. With the help of my Vocational Agriculture teacher and my English teacher, I started high school in parliamentary procedure contests and extemporaneous public speaking contests sponsored by the FFA. I did well in those and did become a state officer in the FFA. Those teachers and my family set me on a course that just seemed natural. It is not always the big planned conversations between student and teacher. It may often be the gentle nudge, the slight encouragement, the have you thought about questions that may get a child thinking about themselves and their possibilities in an entirely different way. Debbie Enck Debbie Enck, one of Chief Justice Maureen OConnors judicial externs, is a delightful and determined student. She simultaneously earned two baccalaureate degrees (one in psychology and one in political science), graduating magna cum laude from the University of Arizona. After teaching in the Baltimore (MD) Public Schools, she moved to Denver and worked in a mental health center before starting law school. She is now entering her second year at the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State as a top ranked student, with a full merit scholarship. Debbie still remembers the teacher who made a huge impact on her: I distinctly remember the high school teacher Leslie Steen who influenced me to pursue a legal education. The same teacher taught all of the AP social studies courses at my school, so I took her class four years in a row. She was also the coach for our high school mock trial team. My entire life I had been devoted to two pursuits: softball and music. But, after my
The end of summer is a special time in Ohio. Its the time to get in that last boat ride or trip to Cedar Point, to stop by the local farmers markets to get freshly picked sweet corn, to get to that last big league baseball game (go Red Sox!) or county fair (go fried dough!). And for those of us at OCLRE, it is time to prepare for all of the teachers, lawmakers and judges who will be soon be educating, legislating and adjudicating. As we do so this year, I found myself wondering how we can inspire our students to participate in their government in an era in which most citizens seem to have more interest and faith in the Kardashians and Real Housewives than they do in their elected officials. So, I asked some of the people here at Supreme Court of Ohio about who encouraged them to pursue the law and government service. Their responses, found below, are interesting. Sometimes, even small things make a big impact. Justice Paul Pfeifer Justice Pfeifer is one of Ohios great public servants. Currently the senior statesman of the court, he was first elected justice in 1992 and has been 8
well. I just have a bad memory. But I do remember that he was the one who helped me overcome fear, and find my way into a career that I love, and one that matters. And hopefully it wont involve much math. Rebecca F. Rabb When I moved to Columbus from Boston in 2005, I started working for then-Justice OConnor. The following year, I met Rebecca, who was participating in the judicial externship program at Moritz. She was incredibly bright and hard working, impressing even the attorney on staff who was least likely to be impressed. After she graduated law school, Rebecca began working for Judge Mary DeGenaro in a busy appellate court in Youngstown. After a few years there, she returned to Columbus and served as a judicial attorney to former-Justice Yvette McGee Brown for two years before joining the staff of Justice William M. ONeill earlier this year. She is now one of my colleagues in the Chief Justices chambers. After working for a chief justice, two justices, and a judge, I was interested in her take:
I was lucky to have been surrounded by public-spirited people from the day that I was born. Both of my parents have devoted their lives to public service, and their community of friends and colleagues included social workers, Legal Aid attorneys, non-profit directors, and all manner of government employees and community organizers. I had a lot of good models to look up to. I was also extremely lucky to have attended a wonderful school, Linworth Alternative High School, which is one of Worthington Public Schools hidden gems. The teachers and administrators in that school often dedicate decades of their lives to educating students, and helping students educate themselves. One of the phenomenal things about Linworth is that it includes experiential learning. During their senior year, students at Linworth go on walkabouts essentially internships that a student creates by contacting professionals in a field in which the student has a career interest. I spent one of my walkabouts working in a national park in South Dakota. I got to assist scientists as they collected data and studied the geology and biology of Jewel Cave. I tackled my fear of public speaking by giving tours of the cave to visitors. But the more significant experience was right here in Columbus.
During my other walkabout, I had the opportunity to work with Gayle Channing Tenenbaum, who was a lobbyist involved with the Public Childrens Services Association of Ohio. She involved me in note-taking while we were attending committee hearings at the Statehouse, listening to testimony on pending legislation that impacted child welfare and family unity. I often served as her scribe, and learned a great deal as I did so. She also gave me the opportunity to work with Charleta Tavares, now a state senator from the 15th District, but then one of the first African-American women to serve in the Ohio House of Representatives. I was inspired by both women. I saw the power of government, and the issues that legislators addressed sometimes positively and sometimes not. It was then that I started to think about a career in law. Even though I wasnt quite sure what I would do in it, I knew I wanted to do something, and something that mattered, for the public.
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