Philip Smith shows evidence to the jury while taking part in a mock trial at Highlands Middle School. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Witness Peter Eggerding takes part in a mock trial at Highlands Middle School. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Meghan McGarry takes part in the mock trial. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Students participate in a mock trial at Highlands Middle School. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Judge Carmen Aguilar talks with students prior to the start of the mock trial. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Matthew Brandt interviews a witness. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Judge Carmen Aguilar talks with students. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Highlands Middle School students held a mock trial. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
LAGRANGE HIGHLANDS — The eighth-graders at LaGrange Highlands Middle School are still much too young to take the Illinois Bar Exam. But a mock murder trial Feb. 27 tested students on their trial savvy when the 13- and 14-year-olds became attorneys, prosecutors, witnesses and jury members responsible for seeing that justice was served for a murdered literary character. … Read More