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Lake Oswego HS Seniors Headed to National Championships of Virtual Supreme Court
Two seniors will compete in the finals of the the Harlan Institute-ConScource Virtual Supreme Court Competition in Philadelphia next week.
Laren Anderson and Kelsey Talbot - seniors at Lake Oswego High School - are headed to Philadelphia.
The seniors are one of two teams picked for the finals of the Harlan Institute-ConScource Virtual Supreme Court Competition.
It's the competition's fourth years and it gives high school students a chance to argue a real case as if they were arguing before the Supreme Court.
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The case is Fisher v. taxes, which deals with the constitutionality of affirmative action in college admissions.
The Lake Oswego seniors are arguing against affirmative action.
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To get this far they had to put together a brief that they recorded and placed on YouTube.
They then argued against another team.
The two will be in Philadelphia for the finals on April 13 facing off against a team from a private school in Texas.
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