More than 350 high school students from 11 high schools
in the Toledo area and dozens of law students from the university observed two
civil cases and one criminal case. Local attorneys and teachers prepared the
students well. After hearing the cases, the students met with the attorneys who
argued the cases to ask questions and discuss the legal issues. Many students mentioned that this was the
most interesting part of their day.
Former
Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer started the Off-Site Court Program in 1987 in
Toledo as part of his efforts to explain the work of our court. When we returned for the 68th session this
year, oral arguments were held for the first time in the College of Law’s
McQuade auditorium. That happens to be
the same place where I gave the valedictory speech for my law school class. Holy
Toledo! Who knew I would end up on the Supreme Court 37 years later? It’s just possible that someone who attended
the Off-Site Program might be one of our future justices – it very well could
be.
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