02/28/2024

Ohio Students Travel to Columbus, Tackle Eighth Amendment in Mock Trial Competition

COLUMBUS (February 28, 2024) – Nearly 250 high school students are headed to Columbus to compete in the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education’s (OCLRE) 41st Annual Ohio Mock Trial State Competition. Students advanced from two rounds of competition, narrowing the field from 237 teams to the 28 teams that will compete to see who will be named the 2024 Ohio Mock Trial State Champion. 

The following schools will participate in the competition:

• Archbishop Hoban High School (Summit County) 
• Centerville High School (Montgomery County) 
• Claymont High School (Tuscarawas County) 
• Cuyahoga Heights High School (Cuyahoga County) 
• Danville High School (Knox County) 
• Dublin Jerome High School (Union County) 
• Eastwood High School (Wood County) 
• Indian Hill High School (Hamilton County) 
• Kenston High School (Geauga County) 
• Keystone High School (Lorain County) 
• Lake High School (Stark County) 
• Orange High School (Cuyahoga County) 
• Portsmouth West High School (Scioto County)
• Reading Community High School (Hamilton County)
• Revere High School (Summit County) 
• Ross High School (Butler County) 
• Solon High School (Cuyahoga County) 
• Springfield High School (Clark County) 
• St. Ignatius High School (Cuyahoga County) 
• St. Xavier High School (Hamilton County) 
• Sylvania Southview High School (Lucas County) 
• Talawanda High School (Butler County) 
• Warren High School (Washington County) 
• West Jefferson High School (Madison County) 

The 2024 State Competition will take place over the course of three days, beginning on March 7 and ending with the State Championship to be held at the Supreme Court of Ohio on March 9. The 2024 State Champion team will represent Ohio at the National High School Mock Trial Competition on May 2-5 in Wilmington, DE, hosted by the Delaware Law-Related Education Center.   

OCLRE is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to improve society by developing citizens empowered with an understanding of our democratic system. OCLRE is sponsored by the Supreme Court of Ohio, Ohio Attorney General, Ohio State Bar Association and the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation. The Ohio Mock Trial program is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Ohio State Bar Foundation. For more information about OCLRE and its programs, visit www.oclre.org.  

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