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Gray Stone Day Captures Moot Court Title
Article Date: 5/9/2005
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The second time proved the charm for Gray Stone Day School of Misenheimer, the victor Friday in the finals of the Moot Court competition held in conjunction with the North Carolina Bar Association’s 48th annual observance of Law Day.
Gray Stone Day returned as the Western Region champions for a rematch with reigning champion Terry Sanford High School of Fayetteville. Returnee Johnna Herron and Kristen Welsh argued on behalf of Gray Stone Day, capturing the title that Terry Sanford had won three times the previous four years as Eastern Region champions.
Rita Shah and Sebastian Franco represented Terry Sanford.
Judge John M. Tyson presented the Moot Court championship trophies to Johnna Herron, left, and Kristen Welsh. | The Moot Court Finals were judged before a panel of N.C. Court of Appeals judges Friday morning. Each winning student receives a $300 savings bond while a $200 savings bond was presented to each of the runners-up during the Law Day awards ceremony at the North Carolina Museum of History’s Daniels Auditorium.
Judges Barbara A. Jackson, Robin E. Hudson, Douglas McCullough and John M. Tyson judged the Moot Court finals.
Law Day is the culmination of a year's worth of activities for school children in North Carolina sponsored by the NCBA’s Young Lawyers Division. Students took part in various programs including essay, photography and poster art contests that were also announced at Law Day.
Winners in the Essay, Photo/Essay and Poster Art contests, with savings bond values in parenthesis, are:
Junior High (grades 6-8) Essay Contest: 1st – Elizabeth Priest, Elizabethtown Middle School, Elizabethtown ($300); 2nd – Trevor Carriere, East Alexander Middle School, Hiddenite ($200).
Senior High (grades 9-12) Essay Contest: 1st – Holly Mace, Greene Central High School, Snow Hill ($300); 2nd – Natalie Rose Kaplan, Grimsley High School, Greensboro ($200); 3rd – Miranda Cloninger, Heide Trask Senior High School, Rocky Point ($100).
Poster Art Contest (grade 4-6): 1st – Ethan R. Osborne, Sparta School, Sparta ($300); 2nd – Alexandra G. Chansler, Wakefield Elementary School, Raleigh ($200); 3rd – Mallory B. Lawrence, Tiller Middle School, Morehead City ($100).
Photo/Essay Contest (grade 8): 1st – Matt Dougherty, Cullowhee Valley School, Cullowhee ($500); 2nd – Hannah Painter, Cullowhee Valley School, Cullowhee ($250) 3rd – Kathryne Hawthorne and Whitney Royal, Ligon Middle School, Raleigh ($100).
Funding for Law Week and the Law Day celebration was made possible by the Beverly C. Moore Justice Fund, named in honor of the late NCBA president. Mrs. Beverly C. Moore of Greensboro attended the Law Day ceremony and was recognized during the awards presentation.
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