Massachusetts High School Students Learn About Judicial Branch
on Student Government Day

Pictured with Supreme Judicial Court Justice Ireland are student justices: (from left):Alex Renner, Bishop Feehan School, Attleboro; Jacqueline Kramlinger, Bedford High School; Ellen Carroll, Bishop Stang Regional High School, North Dartmouth; Misty Bove, Bay Path Regional Vocational Tech High School, Charlton; Christopher Moran, Bartlett Senior/Junior High School, Webster; Justin Zolot, Austin Prepatory School, Reading; and Travis Pommenville, Ayer High School.

Students take their seats in the Seven Justice Courtroom and learn about the appellate process from Justice Ireland (standing).

Third Assistant Clerk for Suffolk County Eric Wetzel explains the work of the Single Justice in the Oliver Wendell Holmes Courtroom.

Teachers and students with Justice Ireland (first from right, back row), Clerk for the Commonwealth Susan Mellen (first from left, front row), and Clerk Wetzel (first row, standing at far right

Discovering Justice Docent Vicky Kruckeberg speaks to the group about the significance of the Sacco-Vanzetti case.

Students and teachers view sculptures in the Great Hall of the John Adams Courthouse.

Students watch and discuss the WGBH Documentary “The Opinion Makers,” which provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Supreme Judicial Court.

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