Collin County Teen Court Attends Competition

On March 3, 2007 the members of Collin County Teen Court attended the first annual North Texas Teen Court Training & Competition Summit at Texas Wesleyan School of Law in Fort Worth. Participants received training from judges and lawyers from across the state, and then prepared for trials with law school students before putting their skills on show. Presentations were also made on civil rights as well as a question answer session for students interested in becoming lawyers.

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The delegation from Collin County Teen Court, representing more than eight schools within Collin County		Teen Court attorneys (from left to right) Chief Tracy Huang, Paul Kriger, Deputy Chief Emily Kaufman, Deputy Chief Divyesh Patel, AJ Groce, Anna Bashmakov, Dallas Hayden, Joyce Tan, Greg Shimko, and Corbin Ringley.
Prosecutors AJ Groce, Tracy Huang, and Emily Kaufman tried two cases at the competition and won both overwhelmingly.		Defense Attorney’s Divyesh Patel and Dallas Hayden defended a young man charged with disorderly conduct. They were later given an award for the best defense team of the round.
Sgt. Andrew Russell (from the Explorer Post of the Collin County Sheriff’s Office) took home an award for being the best bailiff of the competition.		Of course, it wasn’t all business. The team was still having fun after 12 hours of training and competition.