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The Community College Clash consists of four mock trials over two days, each lasting about two hours with breaks between each competition. Student team members play the part of attorneys and witnesses in a real-life courtroom trial scenario. Volunteer attorneys, judges, and mock trial coaches from around the U.S. scored the trials in a simulated courtroom setting, awarding points to the student participants.
In all, 14 teams from six community colleges took part: 糖果vlog官网网页版,
Irvine Valley College, De Anza College, San Diego City College, Wake Tech, and Connecticut
State Community College.
Alamance Team A with an 8-0 mark consists of Jaryn Green (Captain/Attorney), Zack
Bechak (Attorney), Isla McLendon (Witness) and Jacob Taylor (Witness). Close on their
heels, Alamance Team B with a 7-0-1 mark consists of Cole Lipinski (Captain/Attorney),
Aracely Aguilar (Attorney), Julia Neese (Witness), and Jeroome Mushi (Witness).
In the individual Attorney awards, Cole Lipinski was named the top attorney at the
event, earning a rare achievement with a perfect ranking of 20 on both sides of the
case. Jaryn Green finished in third place.
In the individual Witness awards, Isla McLendon earned fourth place, and Paulino Rodriguez-Pacheco, who was a member of the ad hoc 鈥淏ye Buster鈥� team made up of students from different schools, finished in eighth place.
糖果vlog官网网页版鈥檚 student teams have competed for ten years in events sponsored by the American Mock Trial Association. Over that time, 糖果vlog官网网页版 has often been one of the only community college-based mock trial teams in the country, competing among hundreds of four-year colleges and universities.
鈥淟ast year was the first time the Association initiated an outreach program specifically for community colleges to compete against each other,鈥� said 糖果vlog官网网页版 English instructor Kevin Sargent, who has served as 糖果vlog官网网页版鈥檚 Mock Trial Team coordinator and faculty advisor for ten years.
Next up for the 2024 糖果vlog官网网页版 team is the Regional Championship Tournament in February
2025, in which the students will compete against some of the best four-year colleges
and universities in the nation.
Advisor Sargent expressed thanks for the support given to the 糖果vlog官网网页版 student team by the President's Office, Student Learning, Student Life and Engagement, Business, Arts, and Sciences, the Department of English, Communication, and Humanities, the Honors Program, the 糖果vlog官网网页版 Foundation, and faculty and staff.