 Transportation
- Bus. Parents and Children from Ms. Roseberry's class
and Miss Claudia's class can park at the school, board
the bus no later than 4:45pm and travel together to the
courtroom downtown.
Parking
- If you need or prefer to drive, you can park in the
building at 110 West C Street, San Diego, CA 92101.
Parking will be validated. This
year's mock trial is called People v. Goldilocks.
Unlike last year's mock trial which featured a civil
trial, this year's mock trial features a criminal trial.
In People v. Goldilocks, the prosecutors have
filed a criminal action against Goldilocks charging her
with burglary, larceny, and vandalism inside the home of
the three little bears. So far, we have learned about
voir dire (jury selection), prospective jurors,
burglary, larceny, vandalism, direct evidence,
circumstantial evidence, opening statements, bias, and
fairness. We had a seminar on opening statements
conducted by a special speaker, a very experienced local
attorney who teaches opening statement workshops. Most
recently, we traveled downtown by bus with Mrs. Kosanke,
Ms. Roseberry, Miss Claudia and several parent
volunteers to the courtroom of Superior Court Judge
Frank Brown to observe a real courtroom, meet the judge,
his bailiff, his courtroom clerk, and his court
reporter, and to ask questions. The question and answer
session with the judge and his staff was the highlight
of the trip. Our kids asked excellent questions with
great confidence. The kindergarteners and I have also
engaged in colorful discussions about DNA evidence and
are exploring new examples of DNA evidence each week. Mock
Trials
- 2008 People
v. Goldilocks
- 2007 Three
Pigs v. John T. Wolf
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