NA Mock Trial Wins Regional Championship

The Newark Academy Mock Trial Team concluded its 2022-23 season as Northern New Jersey Regional Tournament Champions in the Vincent J. Apruzzese High School Mock Trial Competition. To win the title, NA’s team defeated Sussex County Champions Newton High School in a highly competitive regional round at the New Jersey State Bar Foundation in New Brunswick on March 1, 2023.

The NA Mock Trial team had advanced to the regional round after winning the Essex County Championship for the second straight year, defeating Montclair Kimberley Academy on February 16, 2023 at the Essex County Bar Association Courthouse in Newark. The Honorable Fabiana Pierre-Louis, the first Black woman to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court, was one of the competition judges. The Mock Trial team is advised by Director of Equity and Inclusion Rochelle Outlaw Edwards, Humanities Teacher Benson Hawk and The Honorable Leo M. Gordon ’69.

“As one of the Mock Trial coaches, I could not be prouder of the 2022-23 team,” Leo says. “Following in the footsteps of prior teams, this year’s ‘Mock Trialers’ exhibited great courtroom skill sets, truly far beyond those of many law students and young practitioners. Their accomplishments set the standard for future ‘NA Mock Trialers’ and teams.”