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 Trial Case and supporting materials for the Judicial section can be found underneath the toggles below.
If you are a Judicial Section volunteer, please see the Resource Portal for additional volunteer materials.
2019 Judicial Updates Trial Memo
Teams should study and get familiar with the following:
1st- Rules of Procedure
2nd- RULES OF EVIDENCE
3rd- JUDICIAL SECTION GUIDE final
4th- Trial Case 2019-2020 (Updated 8/20/19)
5th- Trial Bailiff Time Sheet
6th- View our Judicial training videos
7th- Judicial Questions/Answers for District/State Conference (to be posted October 28, 2019)
2019 Judicial Updates Memo
View our Judicial training videos!
2019-2020 Rules of Appellate Procedure Attachment 1
2019-2020 Appellate Case Material Attachment 2 (Updated 8/21/19)
2019-2020 Appellate Supplemental Material Attachment 3 Revised Brief Rubric
Appellate Bailiff Time Sheet
Samples of Attorney Brief Book
Judicial Questions/Answers for District/State Conference (to be posted October 28, 2019)
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.
