[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 42 (Monday, March 12, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E522]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  RECOGNIZING LEWISVILLE AND FLOWER MOUND STUDENTS FOR RECEIVING TOP 
        HONORS AT THE INAUGURAL NORTH TEXAS TEEN COURT TRAINING

                                 ______
                                 

                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 12, 2007

  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize student 
volunteers with the Lewisville-Flower Mound Teen Court, who were named 
``Best Overall Prosecution Team'' and ``Best Overall Defense Team'' at 
the inaugural North Texas Teen Court Training.
  The event was held on March 3, 2007, at the Texas Wesleyan University 
School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas. Volunteer youth attorneys, 
bailiffs, clerks, and jurors are given an opportunity to conduct trials 
of actual cases with Class C misdemeanor defendants from local Teen 
Courts. Over 200 teens, adult volunteers, and judges were involved in 
the competition.
  Seth Duban, of Marcus High School, and John Maksym, a home-schooled 
student, were members of the winning prosecution team. Lewisville High 
School students Sarah Abdel and Jennifer Stanley, along with Lexia 
Chadwick of Huffines Middle School, composed the competition's winning 
defense team.
  The North Texas Teen Court Training is a great event for the 
students, the community, and the Texas Wesleyan University School of 
Law. These exceptional young men and women had the opportunity to see 
and act out the judicial process in a way that they could not have 
otherwise. I would like to extend my congratulations and best wishes to 
the five winning students, and to all other participants. I am honored 
to represent such intelligent and academically driven students.

                          ____________________