PHILIPSBURG--After a Friday afternoon filled with pleadings, arguments and rebuttals in a high-profile and legally highly complicated case involving war crimes, the St. Dominic High School legal team emerged as winners in the second edition of the SXM Moot Court Competition for high school students.
St. Dominic also won the first edition of the competition in 2015, making this its second win in a row. The team received their championship trophy from Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister Rafael Boasman, who was also present at the hearings. In addition to the best team, the best speaker of the day, Briani Penijn of Milton Peters College (MPC) was also awarded a trophy.
St. Maarten Moot Court Foundation organised this second competition for high school students to show their skills in the courtroom. During a preliminary hearing before Judges of First Instance at the Courthouse on Friday, St. Dominic and Penijn as best speaker argued their way to an international moot court before the International Criminal Court in January 2018. Other participating schools were Caribbean International Academy (CIA), St. Maarten Academy (SMA) and Milton Peters College.
St. Dominic also won the first edition of the competition in 2015, making this its second win in a row. The team received their championship trophy from Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister Rafael Boasman, who was also present at the hearings. In addition to the best team, the best speaker of the day, Briani Penijn of Milton Peters College (MPC) was also awarded a trophy.
St. Maarten Moot Court Foundation organised this second competition for high school students to show their skills in the courtroom. During a preliminary hearing before Judges of First Instance at the Courthouse on Friday, St. Dominic and Penijn as best speaker argued their way to an international moot court before the International Criminal Court in January 2018. Other participating schools were Caribbean International Academy (CIA), St. Maarten Academy (SMA) and Milton Peters College.