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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 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.
In 1986, Bugliosi played the part of prosecutor in an unscripted 21-hour mock television trial of Lee Harvey Oswald. His legal opponent, representing Oswald, was the well-known criminal defense attorney Gerry Spence. London Weekend Television sponsored the mock trial, which followed Texas criminal trial procedure.
The trials are in different states (Texas v. Michigan) and have far different stakes (civil v. criminal), but they feature the same essential question: Could the shooter’s parents have prevented ...
Summary jury trial is an alternative dispute resolution technique, increasingly being used in civil disputes in the United States.In essence, a mock trial is held: a jury is selected and, in some cases, presented with the evidence that would be used at a real trial. [1]
The trial garnered national media attention as a showcase on the limits of "stand your ground" laws, as Turner claimed self-defense for fatally shooting Adil Dghoughi, a 31-year-old Austin resident.
The National Judicial Competition (NJC) is an annual competition for high school student participants in the model judicial components (Appellate and Mock Trial) of the YMCA Youth and Government program. Each Youth and Government state program selects students from their state to compete in either the Appellate or Mock Trial competitions at NJC.
The district filed a lawsuit in September, requesting that a judge clarify whether that’s the case. Last month, State District Judge Chap Cain III in Anahuac ordered the case to go to trial ...