What is the SC YMCA Youth in Government High School Model Legislature and Court?

Our high school Model Legislature and Court is the largest program offered by the Youth in Government program. More than 1,100 students from 40 schools statewide participate in this four-day event each year. Students take over the South Carolina Statehouse, the committee rooms in the Blatt and Gressette Buildings, and courtrooms in the South Carolina Court of Appeals and South Carolina Supreme Court. Students spend the months prior to the conference preparing by researching topics and writing bills, and researching bills written by other students. Student attorneys work in teams to prepare their trial cases, and write briefs and prepare oral arguments for their appeals cases.

When is the 2011 conference?

The 2011 conference is Wednesday November 16-19, 2011

Where do the participants stay?

The participants stay at hotels in the Columbia, South Carolina downtown area near the State House complex. The anchor hotel for the High School Model Legislature Conference is the Columbia Marriott and Conference Center located at 1200 Hampton Street. Other hotels are the Hilton Columbia Center, Clarion Townhouse Hotel, Courtyard by Marriott at USC, and the Columbia Sheraton. Lodging while at the conference is included in the conference hotel/meal fees.