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The National High School Mock Trial Championship is an American nationwide competition of high school mock trial teams. Hundreds, and even thousands of teams participate in district, regional, and state tournaments to select one champion team to represent each of the 50 states.
National mock trial teams consist of a minimum of six and a maximum of twelve official members. [15] The size of state mock trial teams can vary; California, for example, allows up to 25 official team members. [16] Each team prepares both sides of the case: prosecution and defense in a criminal trial, plaintiff and defense in a civil action.
The American Mock Trial Invitational (AMTI) is a national mock trial competition for high schools in the United States, created and administered by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. [1]
The basic structure of a moot court competition roughly parallels what would happen in actual appellate practice. Participants will typically receive a problem ahead of time, which includes the facts of the underlying case, and often an opinion from a lower court that is being challenged in the problem. Students must then research and prepare ...
Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an FBI agent instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. All of this would later overshadow his military career which saw him directly involved with General George Patton, Hermann Göring, and the Nuremberg Trials.
This game is argued to have until the 2016 Battle at Bristol [119] held the all-time collegiate attendance record, as some sources (such as the Chicago Tribune) reported the November 25, 1927 match at Soldier Field to have had a then all-time high attendance of 117,000, while the NCAA recorded the attendance as 120,000, which it deems to be the ...
Defendants in California have the following statutory Speedy Trial rights. To have their trial begin within 60 days of their arraignment if charged with a felony [19] To have their trial begin within 30 days of their arraignment if charged with a misdemeanor and they are in custody of the police (i.e. in jail) [20]
The winner of the ISBA High School Mock Trial Invitational has represented the state at the National High School Mock Trial Championship since its inaugural tournament in 1984. [10] No Illinois team has ever won the tournament, although Hinsdale Central High School finished in 2nd place in 2010. [10]