National Championship Information
2009 National High School Mock Trial
Championship:
Information regarding the 2009 National High School Mock Trial
Championship will be updated shortly. Please note that the 2009
Nationals are taking place in Atlanta, Georgia from May 6 - May 10,
2009.
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.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please call the
Mock Trial staff at (617) 338-0570 or e-mail Mock Trial.