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The Middle School Mock Trial Program is a hands-on exercise in learning about due process. It is a team activity program that is most often conducted as an extracurricular activity, but can also incorporated into law, forensics or public speaking classes. Private schools, home school groups and community groups are welcome and encouraged to participate. Students representing attorneys and witnesses for both sides of a fictional case role play that case being tried in court. The students are guided in their case through support of their teacher and attorney coaches. The program teaches the legal process and trial procedure.

 

Through participation in the mock trial program, students will increase basic skills such as listening, speaking,writing, reading and problem analysis. Each participating school enters a team sponsored by a teacher volunteer that is ideally composed of between six and 16 students, but can have more students filling alternate roles.Teams try a fictional case against other teams at regional competitions in the fall of each year. The top two teams from each regional competition advance to the state championship in December.

The South Carolina Bar Law Related Education (LRE) Division offers training for new teacher and attorney coaches every summer in preparation for the fall competition.The trainings are not mandatory for teams to be eligible to compete, but they do assist in preparation for a strong and organized team. At the training, teachers are provided with an outline of middle school mock trial guidelines, hands-on activities, videos, mock trial classroom instructional materials and a question/answer session with attorney coaches and mock trial teachers.

 

 

Comments from Regional Competitions - 2008	Mock Trial Teams - 2008
Competition Registration	New Rule Changes - 2007
Competition Rules - 2007	Past Mock Trial Champions
Curriculum Correlations	Press Releases
Dates, Locations, and Directions	Resources
Frequently Asked Questions	Regional Results - 2007
Mock Trial Case - 2007	Rules of Evidence - 2007
Mock Trial Discussion Forum	State Results - 2007
Mock Trial Forms	Training Dates