This past Monday, Rambam’s Mock Trial Mocktronidies delivered a historic win against rival Carle Place. Throughout the year, the Mock Trial team has been working tirelessly towards improving their skills, intent on becoming the best team in Nassau County. In December, this year’s case dropped (drumroll please): Leyton Manns vs. Sandy Townes. Sandy Townes, high school student and computer science enthusiast, is being accused of creating artificially generated deepfakes defaming a respected politician and his former superintendent, Leyton Manns. The Mock Trial team has been familiarizing themselves with the decades of precedence and law that affects this case, the intricacies of the legal system, and general debate and acting skills. After a great performance in February’s “prelamination” rounds, it was time for the team to advance to the big leagues. So, at 3:00 p. m. On Monday afternoon, the Mocktronidies departed for the Nassau County Supreme Court. It was a close battle, but Rambam was determined to come out on top. The attorneys effortlessly extracted the information they needed from their witnesses and handled objections with ease. The witnesses, on the other hand, remained steadfastly opposed to the Carle Place attorneys, remaining unmoving regardless of all attempts to do so. At the end, emotions were tense, and nerves were high, but after a great summation from Daniel Stein (senior) brought everything from the trial together for Rambam, the decision was made, the Mocktronidies will advance! This is the farthest our team has gotten in three years, and we can only go up from here! A big thanks is owed to our captains, Mordechai Engelsohn (senior), Shimin Sprei (senior), and Daniel Stein. Rambam also thanks their incredible Mock Trial coach, alumnus and veteran of the sport Yakov Farrell (class of 21’). Rambam delights in this victory over fresh donuts, and sing in the halls, onward to glory they go!