State Attorney's Office accepting applications for Youth Mock Trial program

The State Attorney’s Office for the 10 ^th Judicial Circuit is accepting applications for its annual Youth Mock Trial.

The four-day program will take place June 17 to 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Polk County Courthouse in Bartow. This program gives students entering 11th and 12th grades an opportunity to work with prosecutors from the State Attorney’s Office and learn how a criminal case makes its way through the justice system. Students will attend court hearings and study current cases to see how the law is applied.

Visit https://www.sao10.com/state-attorneys-office-youth-mock-trial-program to fill out the application and submit to communications10@sao10.com or mail to the Polk County Courthouse. The deadline to apply is June 10.

This article originally appeared on The Ledger: State Attorney's Office accepting applications for Youth Mock Trial program