Tauranga Girls' College students will today represent the Bay and act as defence counsel for the finals of the Secondary Schools' Mooting Competition.
Tauranga Girls' College students will appear in the Waikato High Court today when they act as the defence counsel for the finals of a nationwide competition.
Selena Wright, 17, senior counsel, Joy Ackerley, 16, junior counsel, and Sandalika Illangamudalige, 16, research counsel, would be arguing a case involving drug searchesin schools for the 2016 Secondary Schools' Mooting Competition.
The competition put two opposing teams of "lawyers" against each other, where they would argue a legal case in front of a judge. The students would try to convince the judge of their argument by applying law and the legal principles of the facts of their case.
For the finals the Tauranga Girls' team would be arguing their case in front of two real judges against a team from Waikato Diocesan, after ranking above 67 other teams from around the country.
Selena said it was a good opportunity for students to be involved in the processes of law if they were interested in pursuing law.
