These two Visalia mock trial attorneys are the real MVPs

VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE) - In the South Valley, precocious schoolhouse students successful mock trials contiguous a beardown lawsuit for being students with large character, and usually, the broadside with the champion lawsuit wins.

But 2 young mock proceedings attorneys marque convincing arguments for each broadside of the courtroom and it’s wherefore we’re recognizing them successful this week’s Your Character Matters.

In the law, each lawsuit rests connected beardown grounds and a coagulated argument—and Morgan Cane brings some to the courtroom and the classroom.

She’s been portion of Redwood High’s mock proceedings squad for each 4 years of precocious schoolhouse and earned MVP honors successful the latest circular of courtroom competition.

“Morgan is amazing. She was astonishing Tuesday night… The justice tin propulsion her questions, and she will, disconnected the apical of her head, conscionable reply the question and get it right,” said Tina Moran, mock proceedings teacher coach.

Like immoderate bully attorney, Morgan knows mentation is key.

“We person two-hour practices doubly a week, and arsenic region finals get person to county, we thin to person practices connected the weekends,“ said Morgan. " Then I'll benignant of similar spell over, speech astir similar the lawsuit with similar my friends oregon similar my family, truthful I similar retrieve it, um, due to the fact that it's a immense portion of my relation connected the team, um, is memorization.”

Morgan’s enactment ethic paid disconnected successful tribunal with a triumph for Redwood High astatine the region competition. Even the opposing assembly recognized Morgan's dedication to her squad due to the fact that the MVP awards were fixed by the different team.

A contented that sets students successful mock trials apart.

"Just the quality to, uh, not conscionable play nice, but to beryllium collaborative and admit strengths, uh, adjacent erstwhile you're successful contention and to enactment unneurotic and admit the bully that some teams are bringing to the table," said teacher Keith Giles.

On the different team, Aubrey Woods, a inferior connected the Golden West High mock proceedings team, besides earned MVP recognition.

“I mean, I was truly excited astir it. And I besides get truly excited when, excited erstwhile the radical connected my squad get it due to the fact that it's similar conscionable truly cool, I think. And particularly due to the fact that we get fixed it by the different team. So they're not similar attorneys themselves,” said Aubrey.

So together, the defence from Redwood High and the prosecution from Golden West marque a beardown statement for occurrence that’s built connected hard work, teamwork, and a winning character.

"Like, you get to cognize your teammates and you're spending truthful overmuch clip with them that you go friends with everyone, truthful it's conscionable similar a assemblage that you get if you don't usually get that successful school. I deliberation everyone should articulation Mock Trial, adjacent if they're not funny successful law," said Aubrey.