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Malibu High School Mock Trial Team Finishes Strong

The MHS team finished in the top 12 teams out of 100 Los Angeles County schools this year.

MALIBU, CA – The Malibu High School Mock Trial team just finished an outstanding season, according to a MHS press release. They've wrapped up their Mock Trial season by finishing in the top 12 teams out of 100 Los Angeles County schools this year. Although they were knocked out of the second round of the playoffs by San Marino High School, Malibu High School staff are still very proud of them.

The advisor of the Mock Trial team was Jordan C. Ervin, the Social Studies Department Chair at MHS; he's advised the mock trial team for the past seven years.

Mock Trial is sponsored by the Constitutional Rights Foundation Held at Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Los Angeles.

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The Malibu High School students on the Mock Trial team are:
  • Bennett Cohen (12th) Team Captain
  • Ashlyn Kunerth (10th)
  • Olivia Thonson (12th)
  • Jessica Ford (11th)
  • Jude Iredell (11th)
  • Ava Bradley (9th)
  • Collette Aldrich (11th)
  • Whitney Clarfield (10th)
  • Kylie McNulty (9th)
  • Miela Efraim (10th)
  • Jibriel Taha (10th)
  • Kimya Afshar (9th)
  • Dustin Hartuv (12th)
  • Bennett Cohen (12th)
  • Sohrob Eslamieh (12th
  • Pardis Eslamieh (10th)
  • Louie Putterman (12th)
  • Juliette Larsen (10th)
  • Moorea Morrison (12th)
  • Charles Beck (10th)

Photo courtesy of the Malibu High School Mock Trial team

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