Middleton High School visits Wisconsin Supreme Court

Madison, Wisconsin - November 30, 1999

Forty-one students from Middleton High School traveled to the Capitol Square today to watch a Supreme Court oral argument at 9:45 a.m. and meet with Justice Ann Walsh Bradley over the noon hour. The exercise was made possible by a program called Court with Class, which is sponsored by the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the State Bar of Wisconsin.

The students watched a civil case on appeal from the City of Glendale, in Milwaukee County. In this case, the Wisconsin Supreme Court will determine whether employers (in this case, Wisconsin municipalities) may negotiate a change in health care benefits with an employees’ union, and then impose those changes upon retired employees.

After the one-hour hearing, the class met with Bradley for a history lesson and a question and answer session.

Court with Class has won two national awards since its inception three years ago. The program’s aim is to enrich the high school civics curriculum by bringing high school students from around the state to watch a Supreme Court hearing and meet with a justice. Prior to the field trips, teachers receive a variety of teaching materials from the Supreme Court and the State Bar of Wisconsin.

The program brings a total of approximately 1,000 high school students to the Supreme Court during each Court term (September - June).

For more information contact:
Amanda Todd
Court Information Officer
(608) 264-6256

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