Registration

Important Dates | Entry Fee | Fundraising Packet

Registration

Registration Instructions

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School Registration | Student Registraion

The Mock Trial Program is sponsored by Constitutional Rights Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan educational foundation that has developed law and business-related educational programs in Los Angeles for over 40 years. The program is co-sponsored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Daily Journal Corporation. This year, team’s will register for the competition online. Please review all the information with your students and complete the following steps:

Step One: Pre-Register your school to participate in the mock trial program. (School Registration )
Step Two: One school staff representative from your team attend orientation. (See Important Reminders Below)
Step Three: Complete all team registration materials online and submit fees and permission slips by Oct. 17. If you are registering two or more school teams, please register each team separately and include "B" or "C" in the team name, eg. "Villa Park HS, Villa Park HS B, Villa Park HS C. Please do not send forms individually, e.mail or mail entire team form together. Do not fax the forms.
Step Four: Bring copies of the following forms to each trial: Observer, Time Sheet, Award Nomination, Clerk and Bailiff Notes, Case Packet and California Mock Trial Competition Team Rulebook

Important Reminders

The orientation webinar will take place on September 16 at CRF offices, located at 601. S. Kingsley Drive, Los Angeles 90005. The meeting will begin at 5:00p.m. A limited number of hard copies of the cases will be distributed at the orientation. The case will also be available to download from our website beginning at 3:00 pm on September 16. Only registered schools will receive the passcode to download the case materials.
To be eligible to compete in Round 1, you must complete and submit the School Registration by September 12.
We must also receive a check or purchase order for your school’s entry fee in the amount of $450 by October 17. All checks should be made payable to CRF. Each team must be registered by a teacher sponsor or school administrator from the registered team’s school.
A late fee of $25.00 will be assessed if forms and fees are not submitted by the deadline October 17.
If your team is interested in serving as a substitute team (in the event of an uneven number of competing teams), please e-mail Laura Wesley ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).
This means that during a given round, your team that is not presenting may participate in a practice round against another team. There is no additional fee to participate as a substitute team. We cannot guarantee that any school will have the opportunity to provide a substitute team. Substitute teams scores will not count during the competition and will be considered as practice only.
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Entry Fee

Please download the Entry Fee Invoice Form and submit with payment. If you have any questions, please call Carlos Ramos (213) 316-2129.

Fundraising Packet

The fundraising packet includes tips to help you formulate ideas on how to raise money to participate in the Mock Trial Program. Many students have used the tips included in the pakcet with great success. Download the Fundraising Packet.