{"id":5042,"date":"2021-06-04T01:32:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T01:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/mocktrial\/?page_id=5042"},"modified":"2026-08-30T16:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T16:55:45","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/mocktrial\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5042\" class=\"elementor elementor-5042\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-589d1a4b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"589d1a4b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f4f2ba9\" data-id=\"7f4f2ba9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796c8d6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"796c8d6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What is Mock Trial?<\/span><\/h1><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Mock Trial is a competitive simulation of a trial. The American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) provides a fictional case for teams to reenact. Each team is made of 10 people, with people split into playing prosecution and\/or defense.<\/span><\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">You can choose to be an attorney, witness, or both if you&#8217;re doubling! Attorneys will need to direct their own witnesses, cross examine the opposing team&#8217;s witness, and object throughout trial. Witnesses will need to play a character, with their &#8220;script&#8221; being the AMTA-issued affidavit. Although, you&#8217;ll need to go off-script sometimes\u2013especially when you&#8217;re getting cross examined. <\/span><\/h3><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h3><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">See our <em>About Us <\/em>page for more details. Mock Trial is a battle of wits and dramatics. Consider joining to have the time of your life!<\/span><\/h3><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h1><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">The University of Rochester Mock Trial Program is Nationally Ranked and Nationally Competitive!<\/h1><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h1><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36px;\">We Are Also One of the Most Competitive Student Run Programs in the Nation!<\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7e17f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7e17f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d095f7e\" data-id=\"d095f7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ace494c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ace494c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\" src=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/mocktrial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/primary_horizontal_navy-300x71.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-22292\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/mocktrial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/primary_horizontal_navy-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/mocktrial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/primary_horizontal_navy-1024x242.png 1024w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/mocktrial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/primary_horizontal_navy-768x181.png 768w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/mocktrial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/primary_horizontal_navy-1536x362.png 1536w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/mocktrial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/primary_horizontal_navy-1080x255.png 1080w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/mocktrial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/primary_horizontal_navy-1280x302.png 1280w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/mocktrial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/primary_horizontal_navy-980x231.png 980w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/mocktrial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/primary_horizontal_navy-480x113.png 480w, https:\/\/sa.rochester.edu\/mocktrial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/primary_horizontal_navy.png 1772w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 What is Mock Trial? 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