Above: Chief Justice Matthew J. Fader, left, of the Supreme Court of Maryland, asks a question during Homer Walton, et al. v. Premier Soccer Club, Inc., et al., a case being heard at Frederick Douglass High School on Wednesday. Seated next to the Chief Justice are Justices Brynja M. Booth, from left, Steven B. Gould and Peter K. Killough. This is just the third time in recent history that the Supreme Court has sat for oral arguments outside Annapolis. Other city high school students were also in attendance at the former Northwestern High School, now the temporary site for Frederick Douglass High School while its old campus undergoes renovations. The negligence case concerns a fourteen-year-old player who suffered a concussion during practice at an indoor soccer field.

Right: Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School 10th grade students Evanna Anthony, from front, Raishanaé Harris and Si’Maya Fitzgerald listen. The Supreme Court of Maryland holds oral arguments at secondary or post-secondary educational institutions around the state up to two days each term year at geographically diverse locations.