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Difference between revisions of "Williams College Mock Trial & Moot Court"
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| − | Any active Williams College student can join. Majors, Concentrations, etc. are not constraints. We seek out charismatic, well spoken people who can think on their feet. Simply contact | + | Any active Williams College student can join. Majors, Concentrations, etc. are not constraints. We seek out charismatic, well spoken people who can think on their feet. Simply contact Carman Nareau (crn1) if you wish to join the team. |
For more info, visit our website: http://williamscollegelawsociety.com/mocktrial/ | For more info, visit our website: http://williamscollegelawsociety.com/mocktrial/ | ||
Or check us out on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WilliamsCollegeMockTrial | Or check us out on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WilliamsCollegeMockTrial | ||
Revision as of 13:48, November 17, 2011
The Williams College Mock Trial Team is a program of the Williams College Law Society. The mission of the Mock Trial Team is to bring students interested in Mock Trial together, to empower undergraduate students, with a basic, general, and practical understanding of litigation, to compete in tournaments at the local, regional, and national level, and to WIN!!!
What is Mock Trial? Mock Trial is a competitive trial simulation. We compete with other colleges all across the nation on a realistic case involving civil and criminal charges (murder, defamation, manslaughter, unlawful death… etc). Each University prepares their case as if it were a real trial case in a U.S. Court by, choosing their witnesses, creating direct and cross examinations, opening statements, closing arguments, and objections. This is particularly interesting and realistic because you never really know what the other schools are going to come up with. Each competition is sanctioned by The American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) with practicing judges and attorneys presiding over and scoring the competition.
Each Team of 7-10 members consists of 3 attorneys, 3 witnesses, 1-2 timekeepers, and alternate witnesses/attorneys. The attorneys for each team must abide by the rules of evidence created by AMTA (They are very similar to the Federal Rules of Evidence). Witnesses get to interpret their affidavits in conjunction with the case and create a persona that makes each witness unique.
2011-2012 Mock Trial Team Leaders
Competition Director: Carman Nareau
Co-Captain: Emanuel McMiller
Co-Captain: Katy Newcomer
Who can join the Mock Trial Team and how? Any active Williams College student can join. Majors, Concentrations, etc. are not constraints. We seek out charismatic, well spoken people who can think on their feet. Simply contact Carman Nareau (crn1) if you wish to join the team.
For more info, visit our website: http://williamscollegelawsociety.com/mocktrial/
Or check us out on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WilliamsCollegeMockTrial
