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