The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia will hear arguments in four cases on Tuesday, October 18, in the auditorium of Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley. High school students from Fayette, Raleigh, and Wyoming Counties have been invited to attend. Chief Justice John Hutchison and Justice William R. Wooton are from Raleigh County, and Justice C. Haley Bunn is from Wyoming County.
The LAWS (Legal Advancement for West Virginia Students) program was established in 1999. Since then, more than 6,000 students in 35 counties have participated. For more information on LAWS, see http://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/studentresources/LAWS/laws-program.html. The LAWS program allows high school students to study cases on the docket ahead of the argument day.
Local attorneys or judges visit the schools and help explain the cases and the West Virginia court system. This year, Tenth Judicial Circuit (Raleigh County) Judges Robert A. Burnside, Jr.; H.L. Kirkpatrick III; and Darl W. Poling; Twelfth Judicial Circuit (Fayette County) Judge Thomas H. Ewing; and Twenty-Seventh Judicial Circuit (Wyoming County) Judge Micheal Cochrane are visiting high schools in their counties. On the day of LAWS, students will attend the argument for the case they studied and then will have an opportunity to meet with and question the attorneys who argued that case.
The schedule will be as follows:
10 a.m. State of West Virginia v. Micah A. McClain, No. 21-0873
Students from Wyoming East and Oak Hill High Schools will attend.
11 a.m. Harlee Beasley v. Mark A. Sorsaia, No. 21-0475
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