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RI LEGAL EDUCATION Partnership Mock Trial
– Jacqueline Grasso, Esq., of Bazar & Grasso Law in East Providence, recently presided as a performance judge in the finals of the Rhode Island Mock Trial Tournament, sponsored by the Rhode Island Legal/Educational Partnership. The Partnership has produced the Rhode Island Mock Trial Tournament since 1984, and is an independent 501( c)(3), not –for-profit agency chartered in 1983 as an alliance of legal and educational professionals committed to promoting a public understanding of the law and the legal process through law- related and civic education. Their goal is to educate the student participants about the judicial system and provide them the opportunity to attain new perspectives, and gain self-confidence in ways that classroom learning alone cannot provide, while working as a team.
Ms. Grasso, and David Bazar, Esq., partners in Bazar & Grasso Law, promote public education through discussion of a variety of legal issues with their participation in two different statewide interconnect television programs, Legal Matters, in Rhode Island, and Law Matters, in Massachusetts. These programs can be viewed on Youtube.com as well.