Our Judicial program section allows students to participate in a mock-trial setting. They act as judges, attorneys, witnesses, and bailiffs in a series of rounds in which they compete against other teams as either the Defense or Prosecution for Trial Court or the Appellant or Appellee for Appeals Court.
Our goal for our Judicial participants is for them to develop a clear and active understanding of the judicial process in both criminal courts and appeals courts. Participants are challenged to work as a team to develop solid arguments for all sides of a case and perform their roles faithfully to replicate real court proceedings as closely as possible.
The Case and supporting materials for each Judicial section can be found underneath the toggles below.
** Please note we are excited to return to in person programs and conference for 2021-2022. Any previous guidelines from our virtual conferences are no longer applicable. As a result, we are reverting back to all in person procedures as the documents and procedures below reference.
If you are a Judicial Section volunteer, please see the Resource Portal for additional volunteer materials.
We will soon share a Trial Court Preview for our 2021-2022 cases. Please note the Appellate Case will be different from the Trial Case.
Submit Judicial questions here by October 22, 2021. Answers will be released by October 29, 2021.
Attention Trial Court Participants, the Trial Court Case is shared below. However, please note this is not the final draft. Edits are still likely over the next week but we were excited to share this year’s case.
2021 Judicial Updates Trial Memo
Submit Judicial Questions Here for State by October 22, 2021
Teams should study and get familiar with the following:
1st- Rules of Procedure
2nd- Rules of Evidence
3rd- Judicial Section Guide
4th- Trial Case 2021-2022 (First Draft)
5th- Trial Bailiff Time Sheet
6th- Trial Court Evaluator Score Sheet
7th- Judicial Questions/Answers for District and State Conference (Posted October 29, 2021)
8th- Team Roster Sheet
Submit Judicial Questions Here by October 22, 2021
Judicial Questions with Answers by October 29, 2021
2021-2022 Attorney Brief Book (Coming After District Conferences)
2021 Judicial Updates Memo
2021-2022 Rules and Instructions of Appellate Procedure Attachment 1
2021-2022 Appellate Case Material Attachment 2
2021-2022 Appellate Supplemental Material Attachment 3 (with Rubric)
Appellate Bailiff Time Sheet
Appellate Evaluator Score Sheet
Samples of Attorney Brief Book
Appellate Scoring Rubric
Austin District Brief Submission Form: High School
Dallas District Brief Submission Form: High School
Fort Worth District Brief Submission Form: High School
Houston District Brief Submission Form: High School
Midland District Brief Submission Form: High School
Thank you to the Texas Bar Foundation for the generous gift that made this Judicial Resource Library possible.
