Wheeler High School was the proud host of Appeals on Wheels and many of our students were able to engage and learn with this opportunity. Thank you to our teacher, Mr. Ralph Iler for organizing this incredible opportunity and engaging learning experience!
Check out the NWI Times: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_f746a34c-feb4-11ef-a9dc-83c5421858a7.html
"Traveling oral arguments, or Appeals on Wheels, help Hoosiers learn more about the judiciary's indispensable role in Indiana government. They also provide opportunities for Court of Appeals judges to meet and talk with a broad range of citizens in relatively informal settings.
Appeals on Wheels typically occur at high schools, colleges, law schools and courtrooms. The Court has conducted more than 400 Appeals on Wheels between its 2001 centennial and June 2013, although the program predates the centennial.
Traveling oral arguments are just like oral arguments in the Court's Statehouse courtroom. A bailiff calls the court into session, the judges enter, and lawyers for the parties present their arguments to the judges and answer the judges' questions.
One difference: After traveling oral arguments, the judges usually entertain audience questions about the law and the judiciary in general, but not about the case they've just heard." ~Indiana Judicial Branch Website https://www.in.gov/courts/appeals/arguments/appeals-on-wheels/
The Court also provides audiences with a Case at a Glance study guide that includes a case synopsis, biographies of the judges and the arguing attorneys, and related materials about courts and the law.