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March 19, 2012
In each of the two competitions, students and their teachers were asked to create and write original cases focusing on legal issues of interest to their contemporaries and which could be used as a tool to teach about the law.
Law Fair participants in grades 3-6 and Law Adventure participants in grades 7-8 presented their winning cases in May before judges, attorneys and juries of their peers- other elementary and middle school students-at the home of the Bar Foundation, the New Jersey Law Center, One Constitution Square off Ryders Lane in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The full list of state winners of Law Fair and Law Adventure for 2012 follows below.
Founded in 1958, the New Jersey State Bar Foundation is the educational and philanthropic arm of the New Jersey State Bar Association. The Bar Foundation's mission is to promote public understanding of the law through a free, comprehensive public education program. Among its activities, the Foundation conducts seminars and conflict resolution training, publishes materials, operates a videotape loan library and speakers bureau, and coordinates elementary, middle and high school mock trial competitions. For more information about the Foundation's programs and publications, visit online at www.njsbf.org or call 1-800-FREE-LAW.
LAW FAIR 2012
Competition Winners
Sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation
GRADE 3
Teacher: Donna Richter-Maschio
School: Riker Hill Elementary School, Livingston
Place: First Place
Teacher: Carol Geers
School: Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Livingston
Place: Second Place
Teacher: Karin Pinto
School: Harrison Elementary School, Livingston
Place: Honorable Mention
GRADE 4
Teacher: Marcia Napolitano
School: Radcliffe School, Nutley
Place: First Place
Teacher: Marcia Napolitano
School: Yantacaw School, Nutley
Place: Second Place
Teacher: Marcia Napolitano
School: Spring Garden School, Nutley
Place: Honorable Mention
GRADE 5
Teacher: Robin Barraud
School: Berkeley Township Elementary School, Bayville
Place: First Place
Teacher: Margi Saks
School: Yeshivat Noam, Paramus
Place: Second Place
Teacher: Tamela Raye Pittaro
School: Upper Township Elementary School, Marmora
Place: Honorable Mention
GRADE 6
Teacher: Jamie Himmelstein
School: Golda Och Academy, West Orange
Place: First Place
Teacher: Bill Nutt
School: Great Meadows Middle School, Great Meadows
Place: Second Place
Teacher: Jerilyn McCabe
School: Lake Riviera Middle School, Brick
Place: Honorable Mention
LAW ADVENTURE 2012
Competition Winners
Sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation
GRADE 7
Teacher: Diane Cormican
School: Clinton Township Middle School, Clinton
Place: First Place
Teachers: Lauren Barton and Jose Sarmiento
School: Bloomfield Middle School, Bloomfield
Place: Second Place
Teachers: Renée Fidek-Ernish and Patricia Crowdell
School: South River Middle School, South River
Place: Honorable Mention
Teacher: Suzanne Pausz
School: George G. White Middle School, Hillsdale
Place: Honorable Mention
Teacher: Diane Cormican
School: Clinton Township Middle School, Clinton
Place: Honorable Mention
GRADE 8
Teacher: John Shanagher
School: Bloomfield Middle School, Bloomfield
Place: First Place
Teacher: Jena Boomhower
School: Valley Middle School, Oakland
Place: Second Place
Teacher: Jena Boomhower
School: Valley Middle School, Oakland
Place: Honorable Mention
Teacher: Karen Clementi
School: Indian Mills Memorial School, Shamong
Place: Honorable Mention
Teacher: Becky Hull-Clark
School: Mount Olive Middle School, Budd Lake
Place: Two Honorable Mentions
Teacher: Susan Cooper
School: Warren Township Middle School, Warren
Place: Honorable Mention