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Steve Rothman: “I did want to point out that good people have not stood silently during all of this. Both the New Jersey State Bar…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2007
I did want to point out that good people have not stood silently during all of this. Both the New Jersey State Bar Association and the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers have withdrawn from the National High School Mock Trial Championships and have established their own mock trial competition, which ensures that all students, regardless of affiliation, religious affiliation, can participate in every aspect of the annual contest. I commend these organizations. That may be the direction to go, to ask people of all good will to remove themselves from the National High School Mock Trial Championships if they will not accommodate students of all religions who are otherwise eligible to participate. I hope it doesn't come to that, but so far the board of the National High School Mock Trial Championship has not been willing to accommodate all these students.
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Steve Rothman
New Jersey
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Addressing the exclusion of students from the National High School Mock Trial Championships based on religious affiliation.

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