National High School Mock Trial Championship

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The National High School Mock Trial Championship is an American nationwide competition of high school mock trial teams. The competition debuted in 1984 in Des Moines, Iowa, with teams representing Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin.[1] The upcoming competition in May, 2008, will take place at Wilmington, Delaware, starting on the eighth of May.

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[edit] Winners

Past winners and runners-up of the competition include the following schools:[2]

Year Host City Winner Second Place
1984 Des Moines, Iowa Nebraska - Ogallalla High School Minnesota - Cloquet High School
1985 Lincoln, Nebraska Texas - Richard King High School unknown
1986 Phoenix, Arizona Iowa - Lincoln High School Wisconsin - Superior High School
1987 Washington, D.C. Arizona - Xavier High School Iowa - Marshalltown High School
1988 Dallas, Texas South Carolina - Socastee High School Texas - Westlake High School
1989 Louisville, Kentucky Wisconsin - Rhinelander High School California
1990 Portland, Oregon Colorado - Evergreen High School Ohio - Shaw High School
1991 New Orleans, Louisiana New Jersey - Bergen Catholic High School Texas - Richard King High School
1992 Madison, Wisconsin Florida - Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School Texas - Richard King High School
1993 Atlanta, Georgia Mississippi - South Pike High School Arizona - Deer Valley High School
1994 Chicago, Illinois California - Arlington High School Rhode Island - Classical High School
1995 Denver, Colorado Georgia - South Gwinnett High School Delaware - St. Mark's High School
1996 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Michigan - Kalamazoo Central High School Arizona - Deer Valley High School
1997 Nashville, Tennessee Arizona - Deer Valley High School Tennessee - Clinton High School, Tennessee
1998 Albuquerque, New Mexico New Jersey - Cherry Hill High School East Guam - Southern High School
1999 St. Louis, Missouri Georgia - Clarke Central High School Colorado - Regis Jesuit High School
2000 Columbia, South Carolina Washington - Benjamin Franklin High School North Carolina - Asheboro High School
2001 Omaha, Nebraska Iowa - Pocahontas High School New Jersey - Montclair High School
2002 St. Paul, Minnesota Tennessee - Family Christian Academy Homeschoolers Pennsylvania - Quigley Catholic High School
2003 New Orleans, Louisiana Tennessee - Family Christian Academy Homeschoolers Colorado - Glenwood Springs High School
2004 Orlando, Florida South Carolina - Bob Jones Academy Wisconsin - Rhinelander High School
2005 Charlotte, North Carolina California - Tamalpais High School Hawaii - Kauai High School
2006 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Iowa - Valley High School Michigan - Kalamazoo Central High School
2007 Dallas, Texas Georgia - Jonesboro High School Michigan - Kalamazoo Central High School
2008 Wilmington, Delaware Georgia - Jonesboro High School Michigan - Kalamazoo Central High School

[edit] Controversy

The Torah Academy of Bergen County from Teaneck, New Jersey had won its state's 2005 competition, but faced difficulties in its ultimately successful effort to gain accommodations to participate in the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina without being required to compete during the Jewish Sabbath.[3]

The American Mock Trial Invitational was created in 2006 by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers as an alternative competition to address concerns of religious commitments by competing school teams.[4][3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ About the Competition, National High School Mock Trial Championship. Accessed July 1, 2007.
  2. ^ Participant History & Past National Winners, National High School Mock Trial Championship. Accessed July 1, 2007.
  3. ^ a b Aberback, Brian. " New mock trial contest arises from controversy", The Record (Bergen County), February 24, 2006, accessed April 19, 2007.
  4. ^ American Mock Trial Invitational, accessed April 19, 2007.

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