Bill Text: IL HR1004 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the St. Charles North High School mock trial team on placing first in the 2018 Illinois State Bar Association Mock Trial tournament.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-23 - Resolution Adopted [HR1004 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR1004-Introduced.html
| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, For the second consecutive year, the St. Charles | ||||||
| 3 | North High School Mock Trial Team placed first in the 2018 | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois State Bar Association Mock Trial tournament held in | ||||||
| 5 | Champaign on March 24 and 25, 2018; and
| ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, The reigning state champions beat 42 other teams | ||||||
| 7 | to secure their third state title in five years; this is the | ||||||
| 8 | sixth straight time the team has finished in second place or | ||||||
| 9 | higher; and
| ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, During the tournament, teams had to present both | ||||||
| 11 | sides of a civil case and were judged on their presentation | ||||||
| 12 | skills, the quality of their arguments, their knowledge of the | ||||||
| 13 | law, and their ability to adapt during the trial; and
| ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Members of the team include Patrick Brady, | ||||||
| 15 | Brittany Cicinelli, Vanshika Dixit, Joshua Heroldt, Lizzy | ||||||
| 16 | Kramer, Elena Maganini, Adam Nguyen, Deesha Patel, Ishani | ||||||
| 17 | Patel, and Sanjeev Viswan; the team is coached by Janelle | ||||||
| 18 | VanDeSampel and Robin Roberts, both from School District 303, | ||||||
| 19 | and Patrick Crimmins, a lawyer who has coached 29 teams; and
| ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, During the state tournament, senior Joshua | ||||||
| 21 | Heroldt received special recognition as an outstanding | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | attorney, and junior Sanjeev Viswan was recognized for being an | ||||||
| 2 | outstanding witness; and
| ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, The team will compete against schools across the | ||||||
| 4 | country and represent Illinois at the National High School Mock | ||||||
| 5 | Trial tournament in Reno, Nevada on May 10-12, 2018; students | ||||||
| 6 | will act as prosecutors, defense lawyers, and witnesses in an | ||||||
| 7 | entirely new federal case; therefore, be it
| ||||||
| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 9 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 10 | congratulate the St. Charles North High School Mock Trial Team | ||||||
| 11 | for their past and present achievements, and we wish them | ||||||
| 12 | continued success; and be it further
| ||||||
| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the St. Charles North High School Mock Trial Team | ||||||
| 15 | as an expression of our esteem and respect.
| ||||||
