National High School Mock Championship

Last update:
May 9, 2009

Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the 26th Annual
National High School Mock Trial Championship
May 6 through May 10, 2009.

Future host sites:
2010: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2011: Phoenix, Arizona

Judge Robert Kinney accepting Golden Gavel Award during the 2008 Awards Banquet

2009 National Champion !!

John Adams High School from South Bend, Indiana, won the national title by defeating Lakeville North High School from Lakeville, Minnesota.
Congratulations to Guam, South Korea, the Commonwealth of Northern Marianna Islands, and all 39 state champions who competed.

Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the 26th Annual
National High School Mock Trial Championship
May 6 through May 10, 2009.

The 2009 competition was held at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta May 6-10, 2009. High school students from 42 states, U.S. territories, and South Korea participated in this two-day national competition. This is the second time Georgia has been selected to host nationals, the first time occurring in 1993.

The 2009 National High School Mock Trial Championship is a project of the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia and the National High School Mock Trial Championship, Inc. It is sponsored, in part, through major donations from the Council of State Court Judges and the Georgia Bar Foundation.

April 2009 "Mock Trial Matters" newsletter (322 kb PDF) (posted April 3, 2009)

An original (and very popular) DVD is available from the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia. It can serve as an excellent resource for any school, coach, or attorney-coach in developing a program and for use in team training. The teaching film is approximately 60 minutes long and will take teams step-by-step through a mock trial. The DVD is also suitable for use in a law-related class. It features interviews with students, teacher, attorney coaches and supporters of the mock trial competition in Georgia, and trial footage.

Order form for "May It Please the Court" Mock Trial Video (DVD)(82 kb)

2008 Awards Banquet - Attorney Pete Jones, Co-Host Director	2008 Awards Banquet - Attorney Steve Miller from Texas accepting Golden Gavel Award

New items and deadlines:

The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed this program on the NASSP National Advisory List of Contests and Activities for 2008-2009 (posted April 15, 2008)

April 2008 "Mock Trial Matters" newsletter (413 kb PDF) (posted April 7, 2008)
November 2007 "Mock Trial Matters" Newsletter (359 kb PDF) (posted November 27, 2007)
2007 National Championship round video order form (Dallas Bar)
Great River Technologies Mock Trial Practicum web site info (posted September 26, 2007)
May 12, 2006 State Coordinator Meeting Minutes (41 kb PDF) (posted May 30, 2007)
April 2007 "Mock Trial Matters" Newsletter (336 kb PDF) (posted April 4, 2007)
December 2006 "Mock Trial Matters" Newsletter (243 kb PDF)

Newsletters and other documents available:

Golden Gavel Nomination Form (29 kb PDF)
December 2006 "Mock Trial Matters" Newsletter (243 kb PDF)
May 2005 Board Meeting Minutes (64kb)
February 2005 "Mock Trial Matters" Newsletter (379kb)
2005 State Coordinator Survey Results (858 kb)
(State Mock Trial Program Participation, Costs, and Sponsor Support)
Please note: this is a large file (126 pages)

(these documents require Adobe® Acrobat® Reader - click here to download a free copy of Adobe® Acrobat® Reader)

The intercollegiate mock trial program is run by the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA). You can visit the AMTA web site at www.collegemocktrial.org .