This past weekend on November 10, 2018, four of our seniors, Maddie Ballan, Asia Chester, Jenifer Fridman, and Lexi Taylor, competed at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Moot Court Competition. Maddie and Lexi finished in the semifinals round and Asia and Jen won first place! At this competition, pairs of … Continue reading Maryland Moot Court Competition 2018

A HUGE congratulations to our mock trial team consisting of 13 people that traveled to Atlanta, Georgia this past weekend for our competition. Our team placed 3rd out of 32 teams in the competition that came from 17 states and 2 countries. Franklin's Mock Trial team, for this competition, consisted of Nada Abdalla, Maddie Ballan, … Continue reading Empire Mock Trial Results

In Atlanta, GA our mock trial team will be trying a case in the Empire Mock Trial Southern Showdown Competition. Continue reading for a summary of our case!   Our case takes place in the state of Empirion, a fictional state in the USA, that was colonized by the French. Colonel C. Griffus Michael took … Continue reading Empire Mock Trial Case Summary

This weekend 14 Franklin students competed in an international moot court tournament at Duke University. There were a couple of teams there from the American School in Taiwan, and one of our teams had the opportunity of playing them! In moot court, teams of two students present arguments to a court of college students or … Continue reading Duke Moot Court Competition

On Wednesday March 7th, our Mock Trial team had their last match of the season. In a single elimination round, Franklin's plaintiff team played against Park School's defense team in a great match. Congratulations to all those who participated in this year's mock trial competition, and good luck to those who are still competing in … Continue reading Last Mock Trial Match

Congratulations to Emily Dioguardo, Jacob Epstein, Jenifer Fridman, Michelle Gonikman, Lexi Taylor and Sasha Shrubstok for their amazing win against a great team from Patapsco High School. All of our attorneys and witnesses on our defense team have worked extremely hard to prepare for this match, especially since our defense team was not called for … Continue reading Defense Team Victory

Congratulations to Maddie Ballan, Asia Chester, Zach Hermann, Scarlett Horn, Daisy Oberfeld and Jamie Roa on our Plaintiff team! Today (2/20/18) they won their second single elimination round in the Maryland Mock Trial Competition. Our team played an amazing defense team from Towson High School with outstanding witnesses and attorneys. Both sides did a great … Continue reading Single Elimination Win for Plaintiff

Congratulations to all seven of our Duke Moot Court pairs that were accepted to compete in the Duke Moot Court Competition in March of 2018! At the Duke Moot Court Competition each pair of students will give an oral appellate argument in three preliminary matches before moving on to elimination! One student from each pair … Continue reading Duke Moot Court Announcement

Congratulations to Maddie Ballan, Asia Chester, Zach Hermann, Scarlett Horn, Daisy Oberfeld and Jamie Roa! In their first play off (single elimination) match our Plaintiff Team faced an outstanding team from Randallstown High School. We look forward to proceeding with the single elimination component of our Maryland Mock Trial Competition! To see pictures from the … Continue reading Plaintiff Play Off Win

Congratulations to Maddie Ballan, Asia Chester, Zach Hermann, Scarlett Horn, Daisy Oberfeld, and Jamie Roa on their win against an outstanding defense team from Hereford High School! This was Franklin's last preliminary match in the Maryland Mock Trial Competition. Starting next week, Maryland schools will be competing in single elimination until the State Finals! To … Continue reading Plaintiff Win at Last Preliminary Match