The annual Broward County High School Mock Trial Competition welcomed five schools to the central courthouse, Fort Lauderdale High School, American Heritage, Cardinal Gibbons, David Posnack Jewish Day School and Miramar High School, to compete Friday, February 16, 2018. American Heritage, the winner of the competition, will now compete in the statewide competition in Tallahassee in March.
Chief Judge Tuter welcomed the students, coaches, parents and teachers in the morning as well as judged the final round of the competition.
Many judges, lawyers and law students volunteered to be judges and jurors during the competition as did the following judges: Stacey Schulman, Elizabeth Scherer, Dennis Bailey, Deborah Carpenter-Toye, Betsy Benson, Jennifer Hilal, Martin Fein, Keathan Frink, Marina Garcia-Wood, and Jack Tuter. Magistrates Phoebee Francois, Randi Glick Boven and Phillip Schlissel also assisted.
