Links to Microsoft Word documents.


Resources for Everyone:

  • Skills Seminar Notes - These notes are helpful to EVERYONE, as they go into great detail about many facets of Mock Trial!

  • Roles n' Goals: a quick explanation of various parts, and a good initial handout for practice team captains.

  • Direct Examination Pointers

  • Cross Examination Pointers

  • Objections Cheat Sheet - To be updated with new rules!

  • AMTA Mock Trial Round Format - Order of speeches and examinations.

  • Trial Behavior & Etiquette

  • Procedures for Entering Evidence and Impeaching a Witness

  • Trial Advocacy Packet - Articles detailing the correct procedure for examinations and speeches, as well as the basics of hearsay. A PDF FILE!

    • Practice Team Captains: Handouts and Sample Organization

  • Practice Team Manual - Great for practice team captains to hand out to their teams!!!

  • Sample Practice Team Schedule from 2001

  • Sample Witness and Evidence Organization from 2001

    • Documents for Try Outs

  • Passage for Speech Skills - Please read and be prepared to answer questions on this passage (do not memorize or worry too much about this).

  • Team Roster for Try Outs, Phase II - Practice Team Captains should fill this out and bring to try outs.

  • Team Roster for Try Outs, Phase III - Practice Team Captains should fill this out and bring to team scrimmage try outs.

  • Team Captain Review Sheet - Practice Team Captains should fill out this form carefully, and bring it to try outs.

  • Organization Structure - Philosophy behind team formation and expectations for each team.

  • Interest Sheet - Please fill out and turn in during team scrimmage try outs.

    • Documents for the 2004-2005 Season

  • Pre-Season Information Sheet - All members should fill this out and bring it to their speech skills try out.

  • Information Sheet for Fundraising - All members should fill this out and bring it to their phase II try outs. We will be using this information for statistical purposes only, when we are asking various groups for funding help.

  • Pre-Season Information Sheet for the Executive Board - Executive Board Members should fill this out in our first meeting of the year.

    • Fall 2003 Goals - Financial goals for the year, and a schedule for practice team captains.

    Fall 2004 Goals: Coming soon






    More to come...






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