Area high school students learn life lessons in court

There are some things about the legal system that cannot be learned from watching "Law & Order," so recently Anne Arundel students got a close look at real-life court cases as part of a program designed to deter them from ending up in the defendant's seat.

The Schools in the Court program, which was started in 2001 by Judge Vincent Mulieri, brought about 100 students from Annapolis, North County and South River high schools to the Anne Arundel County District Court for the three-hour event. The goal is to teach students the value of making positive decisions.

"It's very important to me to make sure...