The Harriton Mock Trial Team

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MOCK TRIAL TEAM Front Row left to right: Keren Katz, Ben Feldman, Jonah Samuels. Back Row left to right: Bianca Xiao, Chihjung Chen, Evan Zales, Anna Fleming (The Judge), Anne-Sophie Bilello, Camille Furrer

The Harriton Mock Trial team competed in the recent Regional High School Mock Trial Competition, at the Montgomery County Courthouse before actual Common Pleas Court Judges. The team had the second highest score of 97, the team’s best performance in years, with a phenomenal win over Abington High School in the first round of the competition.

The Montgomery Bar Association reports on its website, “Each year, the Young Lawyers Section of the MBA organizes the district and regional high school mock trial competition in Montgomery County, one of the largest in the nation.”

Harriton was represented by the following team members

Defense Lawyers: Ben Feldman (won Best Attorney award); Keren Katz; and Jonah Samuels

Witnesses: Ann- Sophie Bilello; Anna Fleming (won Best Attorney award); Camille Furrer

The Plaintiff team moves to the next round against Wissahickon. Click here to see full results for the competition.