Students from Cardinal Ritter College Preparatory High School in St. Louis earned top honors last month in Jefferson City during the statewide championships of The Constitution Project, an experience-filled intensive competition designed to give high school students experience in the fields of journalism, crime scene investigation and trial advocacy.
In its second appearance at the statewide finals, Cardinal Ritter was awarded a traveling “Freedom Cup” as the grand champion of the competition. Cardinal Ritter also earned team honors in the First Amendment Award, recognizing outstanding journalism, and the Sixth Amendment Award, recognizing outstanding trial advocacy.
In addition, Cardinal Ritter student Cameron Caldwell won the individual Sixth Amendment Award, which includes a $1,000 scholarship sponsored by the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers.
The November 12 final competition was a daylong endeavor, starting with a crime scene staged at the Missouri State Highway Patrol headquarters, moving to the courtrooms of the Supreme Court of Missouri for mock trials and culminating in an awards celebration hosted by Chief Justice Mary R. Russell and Supreme Court Judges Breckenridge, Laura Denvir Stith and Paul C. Wilson.
