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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 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.
The YMCA Youth and Government program was established in 1936 in New York by Clement A. Duran, then the Boys Work Secretary for the Albany YMCA. [5] The program motto, “Democracy must be learned by each generation,” was taken from a quote by Earle T. Hawkins, the founder of the Maryland Youth and Government program.
A group on Snapchat was created overnight from Feb. 8 through Feb. 9 by a group of eighth grade students in the town of Southwick, Massachusetts, located about 100 miles (161 kilometers) west of ...
The mock trial was an interactive learning experience for teacher Amy Bonanno's class from Spokane ... Spokane third-graders get their day in court as part of mock trial field trip Skip to main ...
Lexington students Grant Mentzer, Addison Vanderbilt and Lydia Schroeder listen to testimony during their mock trial in Judge Phillip Naumoff's courtroom.
The Dos Pueblos mock trial program gained prominence in 1984, winning the California state championship in that year and again in 1987. Under the coaching of teacher Ken Larson and attorney coach Chris Kroes, the Dos Pueblos team won several county championships in the 1980s and 1990s with second-place state finishes in 1993, 1994 and 1996.
Fifth-graders held trial for a fellow student who reportedly brought drugs to school, ending in a guilty verdict and sentencing by an 11-year-old judge.