The Winsor School of Boston competed in the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Athens, Georgia, from May 16-18.
Representing Massachusetts, The Winsor School of Boston placed 25th out of 46 teams in the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Athens, Georgia, from May 16–18.
Each year, approximately 30,000 students participate in local high school mock trial competitions throughout the United States, Guam, South Korea and the Northern Mariana Islands. Nationals included four rounds and two full days of competition.
Winsor earned the right to compete in the national championship by winning its sixth Massachusetts state championship in March.
The students competing for Winsor at the national championship were:
- Grace Abbott
- Kaylee Chang
- Reah Donohue
- Abigail Golden
- India Hyde
- Antonia Januszewicz
- Lia Kornmehl
- Sindhu Krishnamurthy
- Teresa Lawlor
- Isabel Leonetti
- Anya Samtani
- Abbigale Shi
- Isabella Sibble
The team was coached by Kenneth S. Leonetti, Esq., Joshua A. McGuire, Esq., Hon. David Weingarten and teacher-coach Kate Grant.
A portion of Winsor's trip to the national tournament was funded by a $2,500 donation from the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, the philanthropic partner of the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Started in 1985, the Massachusetts Bar Association's Mock Trial Program completed its 34th year in 2019. The competition places high school teams from across the state in simulated courtroom situations where they assume the roles of lawyers, defendants and witnesses in hypothetical cases. More than 1,500 students at 130 high schools competed in this year's competition.
The Mock Trial Program is administered by the Massachusetts Bar Association, with support from the Massachusetts Bar Foundation and Morrison Mahoney LLP. Nearly 150 lawyers across the state volunteered as coaches and judges this year.