 George
Gafford Moot Courtroom, 3rd Floor,
California Western School of Law, 350 Cedar
Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Coordinator: Sallie Blackman
Transportation
- Bus. Parents and Children from Ms. Roseberry's and Miss
Chandima's class can park at the school, board
the bus no later than 4:45pm and travel together to the
courtroom downtown. Make sure you advise the CCMS office
you will be riding the bus and return the signed
permission slip for your child to ride the bus
so that we can have an accurate count and know
how many buses are needed. The Bus will return
at 7:30pm. Parking
- If you need or prefer to drive, you will need to park
on the street in front of, or near, the
California Western School of Law building,
located at 350 Cedar Street, San Diego, CA. The
security guard in the lobby is expecting us and
can direct you to the elevator which lead to the
3rd floor. As soon as you get off the elevator,
you will enter a reception area. You will enter
the mock courtroom from the reception area. This
year's mock trial is the People v. Douglas T. Wolf.
The plan is a trial that lasts no more than an hour.
After the trial the jury will deliberate for 15 minutes
then announce its verdict. This
is a criminal trial in which the prosecution
claims that the defendant, Douglas T. Wolf, is
guilty of 4 crimes, trespassing, burglary, false
imprisonment, and larceny. The defendant,
Douglas T. Wolf, claims that he is a triplet and
that this is a case of mistaken identity. He has
pled not guilty to the four crimes. Attire:
Students except the 4 police officers should
wear business attire: suits and ties or shirts
and ties for the young men and dresses, skirts
or suits for the young ladies. If your children
are in Miss Chandima's class, the students should
dress nicely. The four police officers will be
in uniforms supplied by Sallie Blackman.
Our 2007 mock trial featured a civil
trial The Three Pigs v. John T Wolf. Our 2008
trial featured a criminal trial People v. Goldilocks.
In People v. Goldilocks, the prosecutors 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. In
2008, 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. In
2009, we traveled to the California Western
School of Law by bus for the People v. Jack
Bean. Mock
Trials
- 2009 People v. Jack
Bean
- 2008 People
v. Goldilocks
- 2007 Three
Pigs v. John T. Wolf
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