The Middle School Mock Trial (MSMT) Program is a hands-on exercise in learning about due process. It is a team activity program that is most often conducted as an extracurricular activity, but can also incorporated into law, forensics or public speaking classes.
Private schools, home school groups and community groups are welcome and encouraged to participate. Students representing attorneys and witnesses for both sides of a fictional case role play that case being tried in court. The students are guided in their case through support of their teacher and attorney coaches. The program teaches the legal process and trial procedure.
By incorporating Mock Trial in middle schools, students can learn about the basis of our American judicial system and the mechanics of litigation. In addition, students are encouraged to learn and understand the meaning of good citizenship in a democracy. Mock trial is exciting to share in any classroom or club, and it encourages participation, critical thinking, speaking skills and teamwork.The Mock Trial program also serves to increase cooperation, respect and support between the community and the legal profession. All participants are encouraged to keep in mind that the goal of the Mock Trial program is not to win for the sake of winning, but to learn and understand the meaning of good citizenship in a democracy through participation in our system of law and justice. All who participate in the Mock Trial competition are winners in this sense.
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Through participation in the mock trial program, students will increase basic skills such as listening, speaking, writing, reading and problem analysis.
The 91黑料爆料 Law Related Education (LRE) Division offers training for new teacher and attorney coaches every summer in preparation for the fall competition.The trainings are not mandatory for teams to be eligible to compete, but they do assist in preparation for a strong and organized team. At the training, teachers are provided with an outline of middle school mock trial guidelines, hands-on activities, videos, mock trial classroom instructional materials and a question/answer session with attorney coaches and mock trial teachers.
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The SC Bar is excited to bring you the Mock Trial Scrimmage Board to help facilitate the ability for teams to have practice competitions prior to the SC Bar Mock Trial competitions. This will provide a great opportunity to give students more competition experience. The SC Bar is not responsible for the activities organized by individual teachers. The SC Bar does not monitor the scrimmage board. The SC Bar will not provide funding for travel, judges, venue locations, or resources outside of what is provided on the web. While teams are encouraged to participate in scrimmages, scrimmage pairings are not taken into consideration for regional and/or state competition pairings. This means it is possible that a team scrimmaged could be an opponent in the actual competition(s). This board is made available through the Google Docs link below and is updated in real time.
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High schools that competed in 2024.
Columbia Regional High School Mock Trial Teams
AC Flora High School
Catawba Ridge High School
Dreher High School
Fort Mill High School
Governor's School for Science and Mathematics
Hammond School
Indian Land High School
Richland Northeast High School
Ridge View High School
Spring Valley High School
Trinity Collegiate School
W.J. Keenan High School
Georgetown Regional High School Mock Trial Teams
Academic Magnet High School
Beaufort Academy
Berkeley High School
Cane Bay High School
Charleston County School of the Arts
Fort Dorchester High School
Lucy Beckham High School
Porter Gaud School
Scholars Academy
Waccamaw聽High School
Greenville Regional High School Mock Trial Teams
Bob Jones Academy
Eastside High School
Gaffney High School
Garden Academy
GREEN Upstate High School
Greenville Sr. High Academy
Greenwood High School
Seneca Classical Academy
Wade Hampton High School
Greenville Regional High School Mock Trial Teams
Chapin High School
Dutch Fork High School
Fox Creek High School
Goose Creek High School
Lexington High School
Spring Hill High School
Strom Thurmond High School
Summerville High School
2024 Middle School Mock Trial
2023 Middle School Mock Trial
2022 Middle School Mock Trial
2021 Middle School Mock Trial
2020 Middle School Mock Trial - Held Feb 2021 due to Covid
2019 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2018 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2017 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2016 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2015 Middle School Mock Trial Region only, No State Competition due to floods
Charleston Region - Moultrie Middle, Mt. Pleasant
Conway Region - Forestbrook Middle, Myrtle Beach
Greenville Region - Meriwether Middle, N. Augusta
Lexington Region - Dent Middle, Columbia
2014 MSMT State Results
2013 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2012 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2011 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2010 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2009 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2008 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2007 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2006 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2005 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2004 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
2003 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
Piedmont Winner - Riverside Middle School, Greer
Midlands Winner - Lady's Island Middle School, Beaufort
Pee Dee Winner - Myrtle Beach Middle School, Myrtle Beach
2002 Middle School Mock Trial State Results
