June 2000

Franklin High School Wins Competition

Congratulations to the eight members of Seattle’s Franklin High School team who won the national mock-trial championship, held last month in South Carolina! Under the coaching of veteran teacher Rick Nagel and with assistance from King County Superior Court Judge William Downing and Charlie Williams, president-elect of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (and a former student of Nagel’s), Franklin beat the other 40 teams competing in this annual event. This is the seventh year the Franklin team has made it to the finals.

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