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Important
Dates | Team Structure Guidelines | Frequently
Asked Questions
2008 Los Angeles County Mock Trial Dates
Location:
Los Angeles County Courthouse
111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles 90012
and Juror Parking Lot 17 (1st Street and Olive)
September 10
Registraion Due
Orientation:
Thursday, September 18, 2008, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Dept 2, 2nd Floor
111 N Hill St., Parking Lot 17 (1st Street and Olive)
October 8
Entry Fee Invoice Due
Mock Trials:
Monday, November 3
Senior High Round 1
Thursday, November 6
Junior High Round 1
Thursday, November 13
Senior High Round 2
Tuesday, November 18
Junior High Round 2
Thursday, November 20
Senior High Round 3
Tuesday, November 25
Senior and Junior High Quarterfinals
Tuesday, December 2
Senior and Junior High Semifinals
Thursday, December 4
Senior and Junior High Finals and Awards Ceremony
Attorney Coach of the Year Nomination Due
Teacm Statistics Due
Decmeber 9
Los Angeles County Teacher Evaluation Meeting
March 20-22
California State Mock Trial Finals
Riverside, CA
May 8-10
National Mock Trial
TEAM
STRUCTURE GUIDELINES
This information is also printed in the Official
Mock Trial Rules & Procedures.
Each Mock Trial team should have:
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9-20 students per team
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Only students from the same school
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2 pretrial motion attorneys [senior division
only]: one for the motion (defense), one against the motion
(prosecution). NOTE:
a pretrial attorney CANNOT participate as a trial
attorney during the same trial, but CAN participate
as a witness
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3 trial attorneys for the prosecution (MAXIMUM)
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3 trial attorneys for the defense (MAXIMUM)
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4 witnesses for the prosecution (all 4 MUST be called
in one trial)
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4 witnesses for the defense (all 4 MUST be called
in one trial)
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1 clerk - participates with the prosecution team
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1 bailiff - participates with the defense team
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Alternates listed on the Team Roster/Ethics form -
included in the 20-student maximum
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3 max courtroom artist - This is an optional contest,
not included in the 20-student maximum. For more information, please
contact Sylvia Andresantos at 213-316-2127.
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3 max journalist - This is an optional contest, not
included in the 20-student maximum. For more information, please contact
Sylvia Andresantos at 213-316-2127.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
We strongly recommend that your team reviews the additional
reading materials, lessons, and resources included in the case packet.
We also recommend that you include the maximum number
of student attorneys per team, that different attorneys do opening and
closing statements, and that each trial attorney does at least one direct
examination and one cross-examination.
Please try to involve as many students as possible in
other support roles, such as researchers, understudies, and photographers/videographers.
Frequently
Asked Questions
Please check back.
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