State Attorney's Office accepting applications for Youth Mock Trial program

Lakeland Ledger
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A mock trial at the Carver Recreation Center in Bartow in 2005. The State Attorney's Office for the 10th Judicial Circuit is accepting applications for its Youth Mock Trial to be held June 17-20 at the Polk County Courthouse. The program is open to students entering 11th and 12th grades.
A mock trial at the Carver Recreation Center in Bartow in 2005. The State Attorney's Office for the 10th Judicial Circuit is accepting applications for its Youth Mock Trial to be held June 17-20 at the Polk County Courthouse. The program is open to students entering 11th and 12th grades.

The State Attorney’s Office for the 10th Judicial Circuit is accepting applications for its annual Youth Mock Trial.

The four-day program will take place June 17 to 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Polk County Courthouse in Bartow. This program gives students entering 11th and 12th grades an opportunity to work with prosecutors from the State Attorney’s Office and learn how a criminal case makes its way through the justice system. Students will attend court hearings and study current cases to see how the law is applied.

Visit https://www.sao10.com/state-attorneys-office-youth-mock-trial-program to fill out the application and submit to communications10@sao10.com or mail to the Polk County Courthouse. The deadline to apply is June 10.

This article originally appeared on The Ledger: Deadline is June 10 to apply for SAO's Youth Mock Trial program