On Saturday, May 11, the defending national champion mock trial team from Albuquerque Academy again took first place at the National High School Mock Trial Championship, hosted in Indianapolis. Academy's win made New Mexico only the third state in the history of the event to win back-to-back titles, joining Tennessee and Georgia. Team members Eli Bernstein, Maya Durvasula, Clint Ewell, Sameera Kassam, Mara Short, Roushon Talcott, and John White won two preliminary rounds on Friday and did it again on Saturday, earning the right to compete against the other top team at the event, La Reina High School of Ventura, California.
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At the Center for Civic Values, we envision a society in which all people understand, value and participate in the processes of self-government. We promote our vision through the Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) and High School Mock Trial programs. Our most recent Biennial Report describes these programs in detail.
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Mock trial is an innovative, hands-on experience in the law for high school students of all ages and abilities. Every year hundreds of New Mexico teenagers and their teacher advisors and attorney coaches spend the better part of the school year researching, studying and preparing a hypothetical courtroom trial involving issues that are important and interesting to young people.
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The Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program is an idea that originated in British, Canadian and Australian jurisdictions in the 1960s. In the US, IOLTA was pioneered in Florida and now exists in every state in the country.
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CCV is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable and educational foundation that provides education and resources to encourage public participation in the law. Through IOLTA and Mock Trial CCV and its grantees provide services to more than 450,000 New Mexicans each year.
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At the Center for Civic Values (CCV), we envision a society in which all people understand, value and participate in the processes of self-government. We further our vision by providing education and resources to encourage public participation in the law. CCV's work includes management of the Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) and the Gene Franchini High School Mock Trial programs.
IOLTA is a partnership among financial institutions, attorneys and law firms, through which annual grants are awarded to New Mexico nonprofits that offer civil legal services for poor people, law-related education for the public, and improvements in the administration of justice.
Mock Trial is an educational initiative for high schools statewide that teaches young people about the law and the legal system. There are volunteer opportunities available for lawyers and non-lawyers through the mock trial program, and original case materials developed by CCV are available for use by others.
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The Gene Franchini Mock Trial Program gratefully acknowledges financial support from the State Bar of New Mexico, the University of New Mexico School of Law and IOLTA.