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All teams are given the same material related to a case and prepare for the competition. Two teams compete in a live mock trial to represent two sides of the case. This format is used in the New Hampshire Bar Association's Mock Trial Competition. However, the first round of the competition is done by video submission where each team performs in ...
The case or problem is often one of current interest, sometimes mimicking an actual case, and sometimes fabricated to address difficult legal issues. The annual inter-law school National Moot Court Competition , co-sponsored by the New York City Bar Association and the American College of Trial Lawyers , is among the oldest and most prestigious ...
A legalman making an opening statement for the prosecution to a jury during a mock trial. An opening statement is generally the first occasion that the trier of fact (jury or judge) has to hear from a lawyer in a trial, aside possibly from questioning during voir dire. The opening statement is generally constructed to serve as a "road map" for ...
In mock trials, students take responsibility for the prosecution/plaintiff or defense case in a trial presented using fabricated evidence, and role-players as witnesses and faculty or volunteers as judge or jury. It evaluates the participants' skills in argument, evidence handling, and examination of witnesses but omits jury selection and ...
Former US Congressman George Santos has pleaded guilty to two counts in his criminal case. Prosecutors accused him of fraud, money laundering, and a litany of other crimes. Santos made history by ...
"Say goodbye to all the criminal cases," Karen Friedman Agnifilo, the former chief of the Manhattan district attorney's trial division, told ABC News. "The criminal cases are over, whether it's ...
Scientific jury selection, often abbreviated SJS, is the use of social science techniques and expertise to choose favorable juries during a criminal or civil trial. Scientific jury selection is used during the jury selection phase of the trial, during which lawyers have the opportunity to question jurors.
Several high-profile criminal cases moved through the court system in 2023. Alyssa Dellamano , of Quincy, was found guilty of first-degree murder for stabbing Cameron Nohmy, of Milton, to death in ...