On May 24, Yavneh Academy’s Law Fair presented its winning case at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. Out of the 68 entries in a statewide competition, Yavneh won second place for fifth grade. The students’ original case presented the issue of a student’s right to privacy and whether a school could read the student’s emails written on a school-issued iPad. Students wrote a courtroom script in which they portrayed both the lawyers and witnesses. They had the opportunity to perform in a real courtroom and see for themselves how the judicial system works. Yavneh participants were: Sienna Dube, Sophia Esses, Neima Herman, Rebecca Kieffer, Adele Novoseller, Paige Schwartz, and Natalie Wisotsky.
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