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 that all of the documents and procedures serve as a reference for an in-person conference. District and State Conferences will be virtual for the 2020-2021 program year. As a result, the following documents and procedures may be modified for a virtual conference.
If you are a Judicial Section volunteer, please see the Resource Portal for additional volunteer materials.
New this Fall 2020, we have provided a preview of the Trial Court Preview. Please note the Appellate Case will be different from the Trial Case this year, therefore the above case summary does not apply.