Year 11 and Year 12 Legal Studies students competed in intra-class Mock Trials - simulated court cases in which the participating student teams contested a fictional legal matter in a mock court during Weeks 1 and 2 of this term.

The trials combine facts, principles and procedure with appropriate subtle theatrics. It is one of the aims of the society that the competition be as harmonious and constructive as possible. The assistance and cooperation of all participants is necessary to achieve this purpose.

The intra-class trials aim to bring the legal profession into closer communication with the students, to remove some of the mystique surrounding the law and the legal profession, and to give students a better understanding of how the South Australian legal system operates. The mock trials encourage students to express themselves and to present an argument in a forum based on our adversarial legal system.

Rick Sommariva
Legal Studies Teacher