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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Applications Available for Leadership in the Law Summer
Camp for Rising High School Seniors
Leesburg, VA (February 22, 2013) – Applications are now available for Leadership in the Law
Summer Camp. Twenty‐four rising high school seniors from Loudoun County and Fauquier
County will be selected to participate in the Leadership in the Law Summer Camp, hosted by
the Town of Leesburg the week of June 16, 2013, through June 21, 2013.
The week‐long camp will provide students with the opportunity to gain in‐depth knowledge of
the legal system. Students will work directly with local judges, lawyers, law clerks and other
professionals who will provide instruction and hands‐on demonstrations. The program
introduces students to the practices of criminal and civil law, courtroom procedures, crime
scene investigation and the handling and preservation of evidence. Student legal teams receive
case outlines and through the week, they study the facts, visit the crime scene, interview
witnesses and experts, analyze evidence, develop exhibits, and prepare witnesses and experts
for trial. The camp concludes with mock jury trials in which the students act as attorneys for
the prosecution and defense, with sitting circuit court judges presiding. Volunteers will serve as
the plaintiffs, defendants, witnesses and jurors. The mock trials will be held at the Loudoun
County Courthouse, beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, June 21, 2013. Students may also
participate in recreational team‐building activities such as a ropes course, orienteering at Balls
Bluff Battlefield Regional Park and salsa dancing. Students will visit the United States Supreme
Court in Washington, DC. Students stay at Camp Meadowkirk near Middleburg, Virginia.
The Leadership in the Law Summer Camp is offered to rising seniors at no cost and is sponsored
by the Fauquier County Bar Association, Loudoun County Bar Association, and private law firms
in the Loudoun County and Fauquier County areas.
To download an application and for more information, please visit www.loudounbar.org ,
www.facebook.com/loudounlawcamp, or www.leesburgva.gov/index.aspx?page=1544.
Applications must be postmarked no later than April 1, 2013.
Contact:
Jeanette Irby, Town Attorney
jirby@leesburgva.gov y 703‐737‐7175
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