JADEN
THORNTON '21
MAJOR: LEGAL STUDIES
DOUBLE MINOR: ENGLISH & PSYCHOLOGY
HOMETOWN: REISTERSTOWN, MD
Jaden Thornton ‘21 was ready to pack his bags and move away to a new environment for college, until an open house at Stevenson made all the difference for him.
On that day, during a presentation by the Legal Studies Department, a student who was a member of the Mock Trial team had performed an opening statement from the case they were working on at the time. “Always wanting to be a trial attorney in criminal law, after I saw this performance, I knew I had to be on that team.”
Now a legal studies major with a double minor in English and psychology, Jaden has won a myriad of honors and awards for leadership, community service, and his oratorical ability while at Stevenson. He’s an easily recognizable face on campus with all of the leadership roles he holds: 2020-21 President of the Legal Society; Student Government Association’s Executive Cabinet; Chief Justice of the University’s Judicial Board; and member of the Student Dean Advisory Board for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. However, he’s most often lauded for his position as All-Regional Attorney on Stevenson’s award-winning Mock Trial Team.
For four years, Jaden has been practicing his craft in courtrooms across the country with his team—named “Top Regional Attorney” twice and won “Top Attorney” awards at Yale, Johns Hopkins, and Elizabethtown Invitationals. An integral part of the Mock Trial team, as well as the legal studies program, is learning how to present and think analytically. “We learn skills on how to present a position and argue that point against another person. This creates the ability to think quickly on your feet and convince a third party (or jury) that you are correct.”
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