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Pupils from three local secondary schools took part in the legal competition in the university’s mock courtroom in which they argued that the fictitious original trial of two teenagers for stealing a car with intent to joy- ride was safe or unsafe.
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In order to take part, pupils aged 13 and 14 from Miltoncross, Purbrook Park and Cowplain Community schools were given 200-page files to read of the original case and a few weeks to prepare their cases for the competition.
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They presented their cases to a panel of district judges and barristers from the university’s School of Law and were judged on the basis of their presentation, advocacy and knowledge of the law. The three winning pupils, from Miltoncross and Cowplain each won £70 cash.
Current law students in the Portsmouth Business School said the teenagers were “brilliant, superbly well organised, with no concept of fear“.
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The competition was organised by Donna Cannon and Sara Green of local law firm Principal Law Partnership and was aimed at raising the aspirations of young people who might not ordinarily consider going to university or have any understanding of studying and practising law.
University of Portsmouth law lecturer Lisa Wheeler said: “The teenagers were given a very complicated 200-page scenario involving
Vernon Stubbs (above and below left) and Jordan Craven (below right) both from Cowplain Community School
an earlier conviction of a teenager for a crime and they had to argue either for or against the original conviction.
“They had to do a lot of research but it was absolutely fantastic seeing them in the
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Pupils from three local secondary schools sharpened their wits and their skills in a moot competition at the University of Portsmouth’s School of Law
courtroom, with their teachers and parents in the public gallery, arguing their cases.
“The value of this competition is enormous – we believe completely in raising the aspirations of young people and showing them you don’t have to come from a certain background or school to study law. You can’t aspire to something if you don’t know it exists and the value of this competition is these pupils now know studying law is a real possibility. We are thrilled to have been asked to take part in this and offer up our mock courtroom for the competition.“
The university’s School of Law is running another competition in the mock courtroom when pupils aged 8-11 from Purbrook Junior School take part in a mock trial of cartoon character Bart Simpson.
Donna Cannon of Principal Law Partnership, which organised the event, said: “It was a stunning event and I was proud seeing how hard the children worked to gain knowledge of the law system. We will definitely do this again next year with double the amount of schools, again in partnership with the University.“
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