SENIOR SCHOOL
Mock Trial 2015
The Mock Trial activity is pretty much
what the name suggests – Year 10, 11 and
12 students from schools across Perth have
set criminal or civil scenarios, or cases, that
are contested in the Supreme Court. Teams
of six students, comprising two Barristers, a
Solicitor, a Judges Associate/Court Orderly,
and two witnesses compete to win the case,
as well as scoring points as judged by a
real Barrister acting as a Judge. So it is part
acting, part role-modelling, and intellectually
matching wits and minds against other
school’s teams.
There is a strict formality attached to the
Trials, as per real-life courtrooms, and in most
instances, you would be hard-pressed to
Counselling Services in any given year, and
this is not including those students who
access counselling out of school.
There are many people here at the School
that students can turn to for support:
friends, teachers, Mentors, Heads of
Houses, Chaplains, Nurses, and of course,
School