<p>Can someone please tell me whether or not Bucknell has a Mock Trial team (plus any info. about size of team, win/loss record, advisers, possible contact, etc., if one exists)? Couldn’t find any mention of Mock Trial on the Student Activities/Clubs page of the web site. Jr. D. is very interested in Bucknell, but involvement in Mock Trial at the college-level is a major requirement for her.</p>
<p>I don’t believe we have a mock trial team. I can tell you that there is a group of students in the process of building something along the lines of a speech/presentation club slash resource. The student organizations like Bucknell Business Leaders may also have a more forensics-type competition. The student-run John Marshall pre-law society has also been talking about sponsoring mock cases, debates, etc.</p>
<p>I can tell you that I was very involved in mock trial in high school and though I would probably have liked to see it here at Bucknell, I have found plenty of other things to do that complement my interests and abilities.</p>
<p>Does Bucknell have an academic team?</p>
<p>What is required to join?</p>
<p>I’m not exactly sure what an academic team is. We had a College Bowl team (trivia competition) until the national organization fell apart last year; we have not yet found a replacement nationally.</p>
<p>^Any team that is a member of NAQT (National Academic Quiz Teams) would work. It appears most colleges (over half, anyway) are.</p>
<p>I was just wondering because Academic Team is like my “sport”, my true frivolous passion. I love it.</p>
<p>BucknellBubbly, Thanks for the info., especially about your own experience. The pre-law society and debate options sound promising, and D. is a pretty enterprising kid who would not be averse to working with other students to bring mock trial to her college-of-choice. What’s your “read” on how receptive the administration would be to students advocating to bring another activity/club/team to Bucknell?</p>
<p>It is incredibly easy to start a new club or organization. You can apply to Bucknell Student Government for funding as long as you have a budget, and although I’m not sure of the exact mechanisms for all of that, I know it’s not excessively difficult. </p>
<p>(I tell my tours about one of my friends here who decided his freshman year that Bucknell needed a club quidditch team. He went to BSG and now, although he’s graduated, his quidditch team lives on.)</p>
<p>Honestly, the biggest challenge for fledgling clubs is not the adminstration’s approval but student support. However, I think that a mock trial team would be something that would probably be of interest to Bucknell students; especially the political science and legal studies students.</p>
<p>My daughter applied and she is on a very competitive Mock Trial team in New York State as well. If she gets accepted and attends Bucknell I know she would be very interested in being on a team there too. Maybe they can start one together :-)</p>