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A SCHOOL WITH APPEAL
by Outspoken on Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:27 am
A SCHOOL WITH APPEAL
BY BETTY ADAMS
Staff Writer Kennebec Journal
AUGUSTA -- For Lauren LaRochelle, Monday was homecoming.
For Cony High School teacher Jennifer Tripp, seeing LaRochelle return to the school was another validation of her career.
LaRochelle, a star athlete and scholar who graduated from Cony in 1998, sat on the high school stage this week to serve as bailiff for the Maine Supreme Judicial Court during oral arguments held at the school.
She shared the stage with the seven justices of the supreme court, called the court to order, controlled the timing of the arguments and closed the session after the third case.
"All rise. God save the state of Maine and this honorable court," she declared at the end of the session.
"She's made it to the big time," Tripp said, watching her former student at work. "It's so nice to see a student we've had in class and they make it this far."
LaRochelle, 29, now of Portland, is one of the 10 people serving as yearlong clerks for the law court.
LaRochelle said she was pleased to be in the role of bailiff at her alma mater.
"Justice (Donald) Alexander suggested it," she said.
LaRochelle is one of two law clerks assigned to Alexander for this year.
A June 2008 graduate from Ohio State School of Law, LaRochelle is to be sworn in to the Maine Bar today.
Her parents are members of the Bar, as well.
Her father, Fernand LaRochelle, recently retired as an assistant attorney general and her mother, Rae Ann French, is a judge, active retired, on the Maine District Court. Active retired judges are appointed by the governor and work part-time.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5550976.html
Staff photo by Andy Molloy
BY BETTY ADAMS
Staff Writer Kennebec Journal
AUGUSTA -- For Lauren LaRochelle, Monday was homecoming.
For Cony High School teacher Jennifer Tripp, seeing LaRochelle return to the school was another validation of her career.
LaRochelle, a star athlete and scholar who graduated from Cony in 1998, sat on the high school stage this week to serve as bailiff for the Maine Supreme Judicial Court during oral arguments held at the school.
She shared the stage with the seven justices of the supreme court, called the court to order, controlled the timing of the arguments and closed the session after the third case.
"All rise. God save the state of Maine and this honorable court," she declared at the end of the session.
"She's made it to the big time," Tripp said, watching her former student at work. "It's so nice to see a student we've had in class and they make it this far."
LaRochelle, 29, now of Portland, is one of the 10 people serving as yearlong clerks for the law court.
LaRochelle said she was pleased to be in the role of bailiff at her alma mater.
"Justice (Donald) Alexander suggested it," she said.
LaRochelle is one of two law clerks assigned to Alexander for this year.
A June 2008 graduate from Ohio State School of Law, LaRochelle is to be sworn in to the Maine Bar today.
Her parents are members of the Bar, as well.
Her father, Fernand LaRochelle, recently retired as an assistant attorney general and her mother, Rae Ann French, is a judge, active retired, on the Maine District Court. Active retired judges are appointed by the governor and work part-time.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5550976.html
Staff photo by Andy Molloy
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