National High School Mock Trial Championship 2020 Steering Committee Agenda March 19, 2018 (10:00 Eastern, 9:00 Central)
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National High School Mock Trial Championship 2020 Steering Committee Agenda March 19, 2018 (10:00 Eastern, 9:00 Central) Introductions Hon. Richard Young (p. 2-3) Steering Committee Co-Chair Event Overview Hon. Steven David (p. 4) Steering Committee Co-Chair Committee Reports Development/Fundraising Committee Don Lundberg (p. 5-12) Logistics Committee Beverly Corn (p. 13-16) Volunteer Committee Hon. Melissa May (p. 17-18) Case Committee Scott Barnhart (p.19) Action Items Questions/Comments Adjourn Future Meetings Monday, May 14, 2018 Monday, August 13, 2018 Monday, November 5, 2018 NOTE- All meetings will be held via teleconference and will take place at 10:00 Eastern (9:00 Central) and can be accessed by using the following dial in instructions: Phone Number: 1-888-497-2850 Conference ID#: 344301 Page 1 of 19 National High School Mock Trial Championship 2020 Committees Steering Committee: Staff: Chuck Dunlap/Lily Lawson *Committee Chairs are also on the Steering Committee Co-Chair: Justice Steven David, Indiana Supreme Court Co-Chair: Hon. Richard Young, US District Court Southern District of Indiana Members: Hon. David Kiely, Vanderburgh County Circuit Court Hon. Philip Simon, US District Court Northern District of Indiana Lynette Long, Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission Pat Shoulders, Ziemer Stayman Weitzel Shoulders LLP Justice Randall Shepard, Retired Chief Justice, Indiana Supreme Court Hon. John Broden, St. Joseph County Circuit Court Hon. Heather Welch, Superior Court of Marion County Ron Christian, Vectren Corporation, Executive VP & Chief Legal Officer Allyson Claybourn, Berry Global Corporation, Office of the General Counsel Jeff Knight, Old National Bank, VP & General Counsel Hon. Marissa McDermott, Lake County Circuit Court Logistics Committee: Staff: Kayla O’Brien *Chair: Bev Corn Members: Danny Armstrong Ashley Vezzoso-Schaefer Development/Fundraising Committee: Staff: Theresa Browning *Chair: Don Lundberg, Lundberg Legal Members: Jay Lewis, Tuesley Hall Konopa, South Bend Michael Jasaitis, Austgen Kuiper Jasaitis, Crown Point Larry Evans, Hoeppner Wagner & Evans, Merrillville Cal Bellamy, Krieg DeVault, Merrillville Brian Williams, Kahn Dees Donovan & Kahn, Evansville Page 2 of 19 National High School Mock Trial Championship 2020 Committees Volunteer Committee: Staff: Collin Gruver *Chair: Hon. Melissa May, Indiana Court of Appeals Members: Hon. Jill Marcrum Hon. Sheila Corcoran Hon. Robert Wiederstein Cathy Nestrick Case Committee: Staff: Marilyn Smith & Collin Gruver *Chair: Scott Barnhart, Keifer Barnhart LLP Members: Janice Hougton Adam Packer Page 3 of 19 PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National High School Mock Trial Championship Coming to Evansville Evansville IN, October 26, 2017 – Please join us as the Honorable Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, Indiana Supreme Court Justice Steven H. David and the Indiana Bar Foundation proudly announce the National High School Mock Trial Championship will be coming to Evansville, Indiana in 2020. The Press Conference will be held on Monday, October 30 at 3p.m. in the Randall T. Shepard Courtroom on the third floor of the Old Court House. This national event will bring 900 high school students, their parents, teachers and attorneys from around the country, with potential participants from South Korea, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Indiana and the City of Evansville will shine before this international audience. According to the Evansville Convention and Visitors Bureau, this four day event could result in an economic impact of over $1.6 million dollars to our community, with an estimated 1,800 room nights booked as well as revenue for restaurants and other services. The National High School Mock Trial Championship (Mock Trial) will be held May 6-9, 2020. The event provides skill-building in public speaking, critical thinking, teamwork and the American judicial process. Mock trial emphasizes critical thinking, teamwork and public speaking skills. The program engages more students with different interests, including debate and theater, as well as government and of course, law. Mayor Winnecke, Justice David, Federal Court Judge Richard Young, and past participant Attorney Max Fiester will be presenting and available for questions. Please join us for this important announcement. For more information contact: R. Scott Wylie • 812-459-4221 • [email protected] Page 4 of 19 LUNDBERG LEGAL 317.416.0733 DONALD R. LUNDBERG, LAWYER WWW.LUNDBERGLEGAL.COM P.O. BOX 19327 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46219 [email protected] MEMORANDUM TO: Mock Trial 2020 Steering Committee FROM: Don Lundberg, Fundraising Subcommittee Chair DATE: March 15, 2018 A. Pledges as of 3-15-18 $20,000 Indiana Bar Foundation $5,000 Tuesley Hall Konopa, South Bend $5,000 Lundberg Legal, Indianapolis $10,000 Delaney & Delaney, Indianapolis $10,000 U.S District Court, Southern District of Indiana $5,000 Bose McKinney & Evans, Indianapolis $2,500 Lewis Wagner, Indianapolis $10,000 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana $5,000 Jim Voyles and Jenny Lukemeyer, Indianapolis $10,000 Taft Stettinius & Hollister, Indianapolis $10,000 Ogletree Deakins, Indianapolis B. Firms/Organizations with requests pending Barnes & Thornburg Benesch Friedlander (Indianapolis office dissolving) Drewry Simmons Fornehm Faegre Baker Daniels Geraci Law Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman Hoover Hull Turner Ice Miller Krieg DeVault Lewis & Kappes Plews Shadley Racher & Braun Quarles & Brady Smith Amundsen Rubin & Levin Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana Page 5 of 19 Mock Trial 2020 Steering Committee March 15, 2018 Page 2 C. Fundraising Subcommittee local contacts Jay Lewis, Tuesley Hall Konopa, South Bend Michael Jasaitis, Austgen Kuiper Jasaitis, Crown Point Larry Evans, Hoeppner Wagner & Evans, Merrillville Cal Bellamy, Krieg DeVault, Merrillville Brian Williams, Kahn Dees Donovan & Kahn, Evansville Page 6 of 19 Mock Trial 2020 Fundraising ($250,000 Goal) Indiana Bar Foundation $20,000 Tuesley Hall Konopa $5,000 Lundberg Legal $5,000 Delaney & Delaney $10,000 U.S. District Court, S.D. of Indiana $10,000 Bose McKinney & Evans $5,000 Lewis Wagner $2,500 U.S. District Court, N.D. of Indiana $10,000 Jim Voyles & Jenny Lukemeyer $5,000 Taft Stetinius Hollister $10,000 Ogletree Deakins $10,000 Amount Remaining $157,500 Page 7 of 19 Bringing the Best and Brightest to NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP INDIANA EVANSVILLE, IN National High School Mock Trial — May 6-9, 2020, Evansville, IN 2020 “Mock Trial is the most critically demanding activity a high school student may undertake. It demands intelligence, creativity, acting skills, hard work, commitment to a team, and dedication. Students are given an opportunity to think, be authentically challenged. As Indiana’s program grows and flourishes, we will all see the inherent value and necessity of sustaining this program for our youth. I have already understood its significance in the lives and learning of my own students.” —Teacher and three-year Coach Indiana has secured the bid to host the National High School Mock Trial Championship in May 2020. This is Indiana’s opportunity to showcase the state and its outstanding high school mock trial program. Hosting this national championship will secure Indiana’s leadership in civic education nationwide. Mock trial educates youth on the legal system, particularly trial procedures, and highlights for them a fundamental tenet of the American justice system. High School Mock Trial: the Best and the Brightest Through the interactive High School Mock Trial competition (Mock Trial), students learn the important role of the American judicial system and the rule of law in democratic society. They engage in simulated civil or criminal trials and compete against teams from across the U.S., South Korea, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. Guided by teachers, student teams practice for the academic competition by studying a fictitious case and take specific roles such as attorney, witness or defendant. Each team represents both defense and prosecution in alternating trials. Volunteer attorneys and judges evaluate their skills. Mock Trial builds critical thinking, team work, public speaking and poise under pressure — exactly the soft skills needed in today’s workplace. Mock trial students are mastering them in high school. These students are some of the brightest students you will ever meet. Page 8 of 19 Building Confidence, Professionalism Indiana’s National Prominence in Civics “As a lawyer, the job is to know what one is talking Hosting the national competition in Southern about. Lawyers must also be able to maintain their Indiana’s largest city brings a national audience to composure throughout frustrating objections and Evansville with more than 900 students, coaches, crosses from the opposing counsel. As a witness teachers, parents and attorneys attending the the job is to make the testimony more believable event. It introduces southern Indiana schools to than the other team’s. It would be impossible to do Indiana’s high school mock trial program. so if, as a witness, someone sounded like they had no idea what they were talking about or if they As many has 100 trials will occur during the seemed juvenile. No matter what, no matter how competition, primarily on just two days of the frustrating it can be, no matter how well or how event. The final trial between the top two teams poorly it is going, professionalism