Tyner Academy Mock Trial Team visited the Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and Courthouse on May 7, 2018. This was the first year Tyner Academy had participated in the mock trial competition in several years. The group met with Judge Collier prior to observing three criminal hearings before Judge Collier. Following the hearings, the students had an opportunity to meet participants from the hearings they had observed which included Assistant United States Attorney Chris Poole, United States Probation Officer Crystal Johnson, Defense Attorney Leslie Cory, and Defense Attorney Marty Levitt. The participants discussed with the students the cases that they observed in court, and Judge Collier and the participants gave the students an opportunity to ask questions.
Judge Michael J. Newman of the Southern District of Ohio and Career Law Clerk Michael Rhinehart meet with students from Fairmont High School (Kettering, Ohio) at the United States Courthouse in Dayton, Ohio on March 2, 2018.
October 9, 2024 – Judge Michael Newman and Magistrate Judge Peter Silvain from the U.S. District Court in Dayton, Ohio along with Montgomery County, Ohio Juvenile Administrative Judge Helen Wallace meet students from Belpre High School.
On March 10, 2025, Judge Angelina Jackson from the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, and Dayton Bar Association president, Judge Michael Newman, from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, together met with 90+ students at Fairmont High School in Kettering, Ohio. After hearing from Judge Jackson and Judge Newman about their work in the state and federal courts, respectively, the students asked a wide-ranging series of questions concerning, among other topics, civil and criminal cases, recusal, life as a judge, and work-life balance. It was a great event. Many of the students plan to come to the Common Pleas and Federal Court this summer to job shadow both Judge Jackson and Judge Newman.
