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National Championship Information

2010 National High School Mock Trial Championship:

The Winsor School of Boston, the all-girls high school that won the 25^th Annual MBA Mock Trial championship, placed 11^th at the 27^th Annual National High School Mock Trial Championship held May 6-9 in Philadelphia.

Senior Maggie Yellen, one of the team's co-captains, received one of 20 outstanding performance awards.

The committee that wrote the case drew upon the city's history as a backdrop for the case, which highlighted the contemporary issue of flash mobs, which have become an issue in places like Philadelphia.

In the 25 years that the Massachusetts Bar Association's state champion has competed in the national competition, Team Massachusetts has been ranked in the top 15 only seven times. This year's Winsor team - the first all-girl's team to win the state championship and the first team from the school to win the finals in six years of competing - was coached by attorney Joshua McGuire and District Court Judge David Weingarten.

2009 National High School Mock Trial Championship:

Following its March 27 triumph over Sharon High School at the Massachusetts Mock Trial finals in Boston, Brookline's Maimonides School advanced to the National High School Mock Trial Championship held May 6-10 in Atlanta.

Maimonides' first trip to the nationals resulted in a 20th-place finish in the 40-team tournament.

Up until the day before the competition began, Maimonides School students were prepared to partially participate in the national event in order to observe Sabbath. However, due to a last-minute scheduling accommodation, Maimonides School participated in the full national competition.

2008 National High School Mock Trial Championship:

Congratulations to the Mock Trial team from Newton South High School (2008 Mock Trial state champions) on their strong showing at the National tournament in Wilmington, DE!

The team travelled to Wilmington by bus and had a busy day of scrimmages before the two-a-day trials on Friday and Saturday. The team finished with a 2-2 record, in 22nd place overall.

In a 42 team tournament, the performance is respectable. This year's case involved a hostile-takeover bid of the Delaware Ports by an overseas company with alleged ties to terrorist activities. The students were given the case six weeks before the tournament began, which did not give them much time to switch gears after winning the Massachusetts state tournament - on March 28.


2007 National High School Mock Trial Championship:

Congratulations to the Mock Trial team from Sharon High School (2007 Mock Trial state champions) on their strong showing at the National tournament in Dallas, TX!

After a busy day of scrimmages on Thursday the team participated in two-a-day trials on Friday and Saturday. The team finished with a 3-1 record, in 7th place overall.

In a 40 team tournament, the performance was outstanding, and represented the first top 10 finish for a Masssachuestts team in 15 years. This year's case was a maritime negligence case based on a real-life industrial disaster, which destroyed the port of Texas City on April 16, 1947. The students were given the case six weeks before the tournament began, which did not give them much time to switch gears after winning the Massachusetts state tournament - on March 29.


2006 National High School Mock Trial Championship:

Congratulations to the Mock Trial team from Boston Latin School (2006 Mock Trial state champions) on their strong showing at the National tournament in Oklahoma City, OK!

The team arrived in Oklahoma City on Thursday afternoon giving the team less than a day to get settled before the two-a-day trials on Friday and Saturday. The team finished with a 2-2 record, in 24th place overall.

In a 44 team tournament, the performance is respectable. This year's case involved the second degree murder trial of a rodeo rider accused of cutting the "hack rein" of a fellow rider, leading to a fatal accident. The students were given the case six weeks before the tournament began, which did not give them much time to switch gears after winning the Massachusetts state tournament - involving a product liability case - on March 29.

2005 National High School Mock Trial Championship:

Congratulations to the Mock Trial team from Pioneer Valley Performing Arts High School (2005 Mock Trial state champions) on their strong showing at the National tournament in Charlotte, NC!

Coach Gary Huggett reports that the team gave outstanding performances in all four trials, finishing 18th in the country with a 2-2 record.

PVPA defeated teams from Nebraska and New Jersey and were edged on split (2-1) decisions from eventual third place finisher Arizona and ninth place finisher Mississippi. Team members Ian Cutler and Emma Sokoloff-Rubin also received awards for outstanding attorney performances.

2004 National High School Mock Trial Championship:

Newton North High School displayed impressive skill and determination during their four trials at the National Mock Trial High School Championship held May 6-8 in Orlando Florida.

Ranked 12th overall, the Newton North High School team won three of their four trials in which they participated during the national competition. Newton North High School defeated teams from Missouri, Kentucky and Washington during the competition. The only trial which they lost was to the National Champion, South Carolina. A great effort by an incredible team of students. The team made Massachusetts very proud.

The Newton North High School team's trip to Orlando was funded in part by a $2,500 travel grant from the Massachusetts Bar Foundation Board. The statewide Mock Trial program was sponsored for the fifth year in a row by the law firm Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP.

2003 National High School Mock Trial Championship.

Chelmsford displayed impressive skill during its debut at the National Mock Trial High School Championship held May 8-10 in New Orleans.

Ranked 29th overall, the Chelmsford High team won two of the four trials in which they participated during the national competition. Chelmsford High defeated teams from Rhode Island and New Jersey during the competition. But Chelmsford lost rounds in competitions with top-ranked teams from Indiana and California, which placed third and fourth, respectively, in the national competition. A homeschool team from Tennessee took the national title. For 2003 National results, please click here.

The Chelmsford High team's trip to New Orleans was funded in part by a $2,500 travel grant from the Massachusetts Bar Foundation Board. The statewide Mock Trial program was sponsored for the fifth year in a row by the law firm Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP.

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