Welcome back, Judicial students! Read your Judicial officers’ welcome letters: Chief Justice and Attorney General
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.
If you are a Judicial Section volunteer, please see the Resource Portal for additional volunteer materials.
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 to State Office by October 21st
Judicial Tips for Evaluators
Teams should study and get familiar with the following:
1st- Rules of Procedure
Training Video: “Entering Evidence- Attorneys”
2nd- Rules of Evidence
3rd- Judicial Section Guide
4th- Trial Case 2021-2022 (Updated 11.10.21)
5th- Trial Bailiff Time Sheet
6th- Trial Court Evaluator Score Sheet
7th- Judicial Questions with answers
8th- Additional Judicial Questions with answers 11.11.21
9th- Team Roster Sheet
Submit Judicial Questions by October 21st
Judicial Questions with answers
Attorney Brief Book
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)
2021-2022 Bench Brief Cover Sheet
2021-2022 Attorney Brief Cover Sheet
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.
