<p>Any advice on how to start a school team to compete? Who to talk to, when things happen, what kind of commitment is involved, etc. Any and all advice would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I had a look on google and the only things i could find was the college Mock trial association? I didn't think that is what you wanted?
But, there was a wikkipedia articl on it, so that "might" help, of course, you never know with wikipedia. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_trial%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_trial</a> i don't know if that helps, but i tried!:)</p>
<p>EDIT: i found more...<a href="http://www.nationalmocktrial.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.nationalmocktrial.org/</a> that should help :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the links, claudia.</p>
<p>In case it helps to clarify, I'm from NJ (since apparently NJ dropped out of the national tournament, hehe).</p>
<p>mock trial is my life <3 and yes we did drop out of the national competition, but we still participate in it up to the state level. here's the link :<a href="http://www.njsbf.com/njsbf/student/mocktrial/njteachmemo.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.njsbf.com/njsbf/student/mocktrial/njteachmemo.cfm</a></p>
<p>I'm doing Mock Trial this coming year...I've never done it before, but my friends say it's a lot of fun...
At my school we have a Mock Trial class on Tuesdays and Thursdays for an hour before school starts.</p>
<p>interesting thread... can anyone tell me what you do in mock trial? I heard that it's mostly debating... And also, do you have to be a good debater/ rebutter in order to be in the club because I'm thinking of joining the team this fall and I'm afraid that I'm not that good of a debater.</p>
<p>There are many national invitational competitions that you could compete in. However, they usually require a lot of practice and multiple state titles. To start a team I would suggest you seek a group of devoted students as you normally have to practice for 15 hours a week during the entire year (summer and all). Our school was very fortunate enough to have the assistance of the local DA, private attorneys, and sometimes important judges in PA. Great fun, next to Science Olympiad and independant research Mock Trial makes my life complete.</p>