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Fall 2016
Teachable Moment:
What it Means to Teach
for Social Justice
By Ryan Suskey, Director of Professional
Development & Programs
In This Issue
Award Recipients Announced
Professional Development
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A Students Thanks
Editors Note: The following is an excerpt from a letter written by 2016 Archbishop Hoban graduate and former mock trial team member,
Matthew Deibel, to Hoban mock trial legal advisors. Edited and reprinted with permission.
I wanted [you] to know I will be attending the University of Akron next year on a full ride. I truly have
all of you to thank for this scholarship. I won this scholarship because of a presentation I gave last
week. Everyone applying for the scholarship had 20 minutes to prepare a 5-minute presentation
on a topic we knew basically nothing about. I realized right before I was presenting that the judges
would grade like mock trial Mock trial [gave] me an advantage over everyone else. I used a
combination of all of the skills I have learned from all of you over the past three years I gave the
presentation like a closing statement with passion. [You have] taught me that people will believe you
if you speak confidently.
~ Matthew Deibel
Founders Award
Supreme Court of Ohio Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger is the recipient of the Founders
Award. Justice Lanzinger is committed to enhancing public understanding of the
judicial system. She has been particularly supportive of civic education, and in 2010
launched her Justice Judy blog in an effort to engage an increasingly tech-savvy
population of young people in understanding the purpose and function of our laws
and courts. Justice Lanzinger has been elected to serve at each level of the state
judiciary, and has served as a judge or justice for more than 30 years.
Lanzinger
Ohio Mock Trial Case Capsule: Pat Justice v. CAT News et al.
In the 2017 Ohio Mock Trial case, Pat Justice v. CAT News et al., students will consider a case of defamation
of a public official by a news station. Pat Justice recently ran for re-election as Governor of the State of
Ohio. During the campaign, Trillium High Schools We the People club invited Governor Justice to speak
during the lunch hour. Afterward, the Governor met with a student in the principals office. Principal
I.M. Veritas was a rival of Governor Justice in college and, once the two were alone, an argument began
which ended with the Governor storming out. As the Governor left, Principal Veritas suffered a fatal
brain aneurysm and died. A student reporter heard the argument and reported to a local news affiliate
CAT News that the Governor killed the principal. While it was disproven quickly, the story went viral.
Governor Justice lost the election, and has filed a civil suit against CAT News, alleging defamation. The
former Governor will seek to prove that the station published the story with reckless disregard to the
truth, and that the story damaged his/her reputation and cost him/her the election.
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Create a Classroom
Culture to Foster Growth
Share with us
at oclre@oclre.org.
Congratulations to
OCLRE Board Treasurer
Pierce J. Reed
On April 28, 2016, Reed
received the inaugural
Excellence in Mentorship
Award from the Columbus
Lawyer Chapter of the
American Constitution Society.
Mr. Reed was recognized at
an awards ceremony, where
former Ohio Governor Ted
Strickland presented his award.
$1000 or more
Corporate &
Charitable Funders
$500 - $999
$200 - $299
$100 - $199
In-Kind Contributions
John Quinn
Marion Smithberger
Ohio State Bar Association Staff
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Schedule of Events
SEPTEMBER
17 Mock Trial professional development
18 Law & Citizenship Conference
19 Law & Citizenship Conference
OCTOBER
3-4 Constitution Camp - We the People
professional development
21 Youth for Justice/Project Citizen
professional development
NOVEMBER
4 James Madison Legacy Project
professional development
15 Middle School Mock Trial
professional development
DECEMBER
6 Moot Court professional development
JANUARY
12 Middle School Mock Trial Advanced
professional development
20 Mock Trial District Competition
27 We the People High School Competition
FEBRUARY
10 Mock Trial Regional Competition
MARCH
3 James Madison Legacy Project
professional development
9 Mock Trial State Competition
10 Mock Trial State Competition
11 Mock Trial State Championship
24 Middle School Mock Trial State Showcase
30 Middle School Mock Trial State Showcase
31 Middle School Mock Trial State Showcase
MAY
5 Moot Court Competition
10 Youth for Justice/Project Citizen
Virtual Summit
17 We the People Middle School
State Showcase