State Attorney Brian Haas

 

The State Attorney’s Office is accepting applications for the 2024 Citizens Academy.

The six-week program will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday starting September 10th in the Bartow courthouse. The Academy gives residents in the 10^th Circuit an opportunity to learn more about the criminal justice system. Citizens will hear from some of the top prosecutors in the circuit about how they develop cases then take them to trial.

Please fill out and complete the application below.

Citizens Academy Application 2024

Completed application should be emailed to communications10@sao10.com or returned to:

ATTN: Administration

The State Attorney’s Office

255 N Broadway Ave., Second Floor

Bartow, FL, 33831

 

The State Attorney’s Office is now accepting applications for their Annual Youth Mock Trial.

The four-day program will take place June 17th through June 20th  from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Polk County Courthouse in Bartow. This program gives students going in to the 11^th and 12^th grade an opportunity to work with prosecutors from the State Attorney’s Office and learn how a criminal case makes its way through the criminal justice system. Students will attend court hearings and study current cases to see how the law is applied.

Please fill out the application attached and submit to communications10@sao10.com or mail to the Polk County Courthouse. Deadline to apply is June 10th, 2024.

Mock Trial Flyer

Mock Trial Program_APPLICATION