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Blind Brook’s Mock Trial Success

Among the plethora of extracurricular activities at BBHS is the Mock Trial club. Mock Trial is a simulation of a real trial enacted by high school students looking to compete with high school students across the region and bring home a win. The trial alternates annually between a civil and criminal case, and teams prepare both sides of the case. Mock Trial offers a series of positive opportunities

By: Sofia Padilla

since it involves traveling to the courthouse, affords interactive experiences with other high schools, and provides multiple occasions to enhance public speaking skills. Blind Brook’s Mock Trial team has proven to be successful in this year’s competition led by co-captains Melina Kohilakis and Jackson Weinstein, as it won the Westchester County competition and proceeded to the Regional Finals in Rockland County.

A club of this caliber requires great dedication and passion towards the trial and as co-captain Jackson Weinstein states, “as Captain, it can be difficult to motivate our members to give up sometimes dozens of hours a week to Mock Trial. But, everyone on the team wants to be there, each with a fierce interest, whether professional or academic, in the law.” The team built all of this ardor within the commu-