Goodsill partners Maegan Ruggles, Gail Cosgrove, and Lisa Bail, as well as Associate Lindsey Barrios attended Courts in the Community, a hands-on civics education initiative where the Hawaii Supreme Court convened at Kailua High School.
The event, which has been held since 2012, gives students the opportunity to study the important legal issues in a pending court case to enhance their understanding of the Judiciary’s role in government and how it resolves disputes in our democracy.
“We talked about the Hawaii Court system and the case being argued, and we had a short mock argument,” Cosgrove said. “We also coached students to be judges, which led up to the main event, which was the real oral argument by real attorneys in front of the Hawaii Supreme Court.”
More than 300 students from Kailua High School, Kalāheo High School, McKinley High School, Le Jardin Academy, and Pūʻōhala School had the opportunity to attend.
