MOCK TRIAL I.

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: permission of instructor. Exposes courtroom procedures in civil or criminal cases, studying a trial as one form of dispute resolution. Working in teams, students receive a fictional legal case and prepare and argue both sides of that case by applying rules of evidence in a simulated courtroom. Students play the roles of attorneys and witnesses as they prepare and present their case to a panel of judges. Focus is on the basics of preparing and building a fictional legal case and introduces trial advocacy.