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Important Dates | Team Structure Guidelines 

2010-2011 Los Angeles County Mock Trial Dates

Mock Trials:

*To be eligible to compete in Round 1, you must register your school online by September 10.
We must also receive a check or purchase order for your school's entry fee in the amount of $450 and permission slips by October 8.

Prosecution/Defense Assignments will be announced Friday, October 22.

Orientation-September 16
Orientation will take place via a Webinar this year. The Webinar will be held from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. We will e-mail the link to the webinar prior to September 16.

September 17
A limited number of cases will be available to CRF's offices on Friday, September 17, between 6:00 am and 5:00 pm.  

October 8
School fees and paperwork due
(A late fee of $25.00 will be assessed if forms/fee are not in our office by October 9)

October 18
Last Day to Drop from the competition.

Monday, November 1
Senior High Round 1  

Wednesday, November 3
Junior High Round 1  

Monday, November 8
Senior High Round 2

Wednesday, November 10
Junior High Round 2 
Helen Bernstein-Teacher of the Year Nominations Due 

Monday, November 15
Senior High Round 3  

Wednesday, November 17
Quarter-Finals Senior and Junior High  

Monday, November 22
Semi-Finals Senior and Junior High  

Monday, November 29
Finals Senior and Junior High  
Attorney Coach of the Year Nominations Due
Team Statistics Due 

March, 2011
California State Mock Trial Finals
To be Announced

This information is also printed in the Official Mock Trial Rules & Procedures.

Each Mock Trial team should have:

• 9-20 students per team
• Only students from the same school
• 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
• 3 trial attorneys for the prosecution (MAXIMUM)
• 3 trial attorneys for the defense (MAXIMUM)
• 4 witnesses for the prosecution (all 4 MUST be called in one trial)
• 4 witnesses for the defense (all 4 MUST be called in one trial)
• 1 clerk - participates with the prosecution team
• 1 bailiff - participates with the defense team
• Alternates listed on the Team Roster/Ethics form - included in the 20-student maximum
• 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.
• 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.