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HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
AS JUSTICES AND CLERKS ON STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY
Boston--High
school students from schools across the Commonwealth learned
about the role
and history of the state’s highest court as student
justices and clerks of the Supreme Judicial Court on Student
Government Day, April 2, 2004. Nine students and their alternates
were selected by the Massachusetts Department of Education,
which sponsored the program this year, to represent the seven
SJC Justices and two clerks as part of the day’s activities.
Supreme
Judicial Court Justices Robert J. Cordy and Roderick L. Ireland
addressed the students and teachers during their visit to
the Court and answered many questions. Justice Cordy also
spoke to an assembly of about 300 students at the State House
in the morning.
The
students were given a “behind-the-scenes” tour
and met with the SJC Clerk for the Commonwealth, a representative
of the SJC Clerk’s Office for Suffolk County, and the
Reporter of Decisions to learn about their roles and functions.
After the tour, students met with several law clerks and
enjoyed an informal pizza lunch with them.
Established
in 1947, Student Government Day enables students to learn
about state government through observation of governmental
proceedings and interactive activities. The Public Information
Office of the Supreme Judicial Court coordinates Student
Government Day activities each year at the Court as part
of a continuing effort to increase public education of the
Massachusetts judicial system.
In
the photos below, Justice Ireland, center, and Justice Cordy,
at right, pose with the student delegates (upper photo) and
delegates and alternates (lower photo).
Student Delegates
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Alternates
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Danielle
Mason (Chief Justice)
of
Salisbury
Triton
Regional High School
Byfield
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Adam Jackson
of
Rowley
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Alexander
Hastie (Justice)
of
Granby
Granby
Jr. Sr. High School
Granby
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Bonnie Ginepro
of
Granby
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Emily Moak
(Justice)
of
Westborough
Westborough
High School
Westborough
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Jeff Maxwell
of
Westborough
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Konrad Wikman
(Justice)
of
Burlington
Open Bible
Academy
Burlington
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Eric Steele
of
Billerica
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Nell Etheredge
(Justice)
of
Northampton
Williston
Northampton School
Easthampton
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Eliza Worthley
of
Higganum, CT
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Bethany
Flom (Justice)
of
Lynnfield
Lynnfield
High School
Lynnfield
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Katie Keller
of
Lynnfield
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Moira Burke
(Justice)
of
Essex
Manchester
Essex Regional High School
Manchester
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Dan Burke
of
Salem
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Joanne Saint-Louis
of Worcester
(SJC Clerk
for the Commonwealth)
St. Mary's
Jr. Sr. High School
Worcester
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Peter Kush
of
Worcester
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Kim Banks
of Hudson
(SJC Clerk
for Suffolk County)
Hudson
High School
Hudson
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Jenna Kelly
of
Hudson
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