Since 1988, over 1,200 teams from Georgia's public and private schools have participated in the Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition.
Each year, the D.C. Street Law Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center develops a mock trial for use in the citywide high school mock trial competition. These mock trials are free for use by teachers in their classrooms and/or with their mock trial teams. Additional uses are prohibited.
PURPOSE: While learning the details of trial process and
procedures, students are also developing a number of
critical skills that are universally necessary:
1. critical analysis of problems
2. strategic thinking
3. questioning skills
4. listening skills
5. skills in oral presentation and extemporaneous
argument
6. skills in preparing and organizing material