09/12/2017

Congratulations Award Winners!

Eiler and Founders’ Award Recipients Announced

On behalf of the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education and its Board of Trustees, it is a pleasure to announce the 2017 recipients of OCLRE’s highest honors.

Lori U. Eiler Award for Mock Trial Coaching Excellence

Athens, Ohio, attorney Scott Robe is beloved by current and former members of the Olivia Davidson Washington mock trial club. A model of civility and patience, Scott instills in students an appreciation and respect for the law, as well as their mock trial competitors. Student Ashley Goodin said of Scott, “[h]e encouraged me to, ‘Take your eyes off the other teams and put them on the model of excellence. Your aim is not to beat those other teams; your aim is to excel.’”

 

 

 

Founders’ Award

Richard (Dick) Smith is the recipient of the Founders’ Award. Dick has literally been involved with OCLRE from the beginning, among the handful of teachers whose students participated in the inaugural Ohio Mock Trial competition in 1983. Even after retiring from teaching, Dick continued to assist the Marysville mock trial teams for many years, and he has volunteered for OCLRE in numerous ways, including having served on our Law & Citizenship Conference planning committee. Dick retired from Marysville Schools after 39 years of teaching and coaching. He continues to give back to the community through his service to the Marysville Board of Education and the Union County Courts.