[Law26] FINAL INSTRUCTIONS - Mock Trial Team Try-Outs - April 8-10

[Shekmer, Rene]

48 students will be trying out for the Mock Trial Team over the next three days, beginning at 5:00 p.m. and ending at 9:00 p.m. each evening - Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

For those of you trying out:

  1.  The people watching will be the Director of Competitive Advocacy and others associated with competitive advocacy, primarily our mock trial coaches.  Because our coaches are working attorneys in the local legal community, the number of people watching the try-outs will change during the evening with more joining after they end their work day and some leaving early due to family commitments.
  2.  Please bring the Mock Trial Team Application form, completely filled out, with you to your try-out.  Alternatively, you can also scan and email it to the Director of Competitive Advocacy, rshekmer at campbell.edu<mailto:rshekmer at campbell.edu>, no later than 4:30 p.m. on the day of your try-out.
  3.  Please be 15 to 30 minutes early for your try-out session.  You may wait in the Advocacy Suite. Some try-outs may take less than 10 minutes and others may take the entire 15 minutes.  However, in order to be mindful of the coaches' time, we want to move as efficiently through the try-outs as reasonably possible.  Your being present early will help that happen. Hopefully, the try-outs will not run behind schedule but, if that does happen, please be patient.
  4.  You are to give an opening statement as the attorney for the Government (the prosecutor) at the start of a jury trial before the district court. The use of the appellate opinion is solely to provide you with a charged offense and facts to work with.  You may not add any facts.  You may use relevant federal statutes, such as to determine the elements of the offense. There is a hard 5-minute time limit on your opening.
  5.  You will be evaluated on preparation and delivery.  That is, how you organized your opening statement, what facts and/or issues you chose to highlight and/or address, and how you deliver your opening statement.
  6.  Students may not watch another student's try-out.

Good luck to everyone trying out,

B. René Shekmer
Director of Competitive Advocacy
Campbell University School of Law

From: Shekmer, Rene
Sent: Friday, April 4, 2025 1:17 PM
To: law26 at list.campbell.edu; law27 at list.campbell.edu
Cc: Pathak, Anjali <apathak at campbell.edu>; Cox, Chris <mcox at campbell.edu>
Subject: Final Reminder - Mock Trial Team Try-Outs - April 8-10 - Sign up

For those students who have signed up for the Mock Trial Team try-outs, please complete the attached form and bring it with you to your try-out.

There are still 8 Mock Trial Team try-out spots available for those that are interested and have not yet signed up.
Tuesday, April 8 - 6 spots (5:45 pm, 7:15 pm, 7:30 pm, 7:45 pm, 8:00 pm, and 8:45 pm)
Wednesday, April 9 - 1 spot (8:15 pm)
Thursday, April 10 - 1 spot (5:00 pm)

Thank you,

B. René Shekmer
Director of Competitive Advocacy
Campbell University School of Law

From: Shekmer, Rene
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 10:41 AM
To: law26 at list.campbell.edu<mailto:law26 at list.campbell.edu>; law27 at list.campbell.edu<mailto:law27 at list.campbell.edu>
Cc: Pathak, Anjali <apathak at campbell.edu<mailto:apathak at campbell.edu>>; Cox, Chris <mcox at campbell.edu<mailto:mcox at campbell.edu>>
Subject: Mock Trial Team Try-Outs - April 8-10 - Sign up

Who:                   Open to all 1L and 2L Students

When:                Tuesday, April 8, Wednesday, April 9 & Thursday, April 10
                              From 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (15 minutes time blocks)

How:                   Sign up for a 15-minute time block in the Advocacy Suite to reserve your try-out time

What:                 Prepare a 5-minute opening statement as attorney for the Government based solely on the case provided. The try-out will consist of you giving the opening statement in front of an audience, followed by some questions and answers.  You may not add any facts to the case.  You may use relevant federal statutes.

B. René Shekmer
Director of Competitive Advocacy
Campbell University School of Law
225 Hillsborough Street, Advocacy Suite
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603
P:  919-865-4481
E:  rshekmer at campbell.edu<mailto:rshekmer at campbell.edu>
[cid:image001.jpg at 01DBA7FA.51F64C00]

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://list.campbell.edu/pipermail/law26/attachments/20250408/44d7dc9d/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 19513 bytes
Desc: image001.jpg
URL: <https://list.campbell.edu/pipermail/law26/attachments/20250408/44d7dc9d/attachment-0001.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Mock Trial Team Tryout Application.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 117807 bytes
Desc: Mock Trial Team Tryout Application.pdf
URL: <https://list.campbell.edu/pipermail/law26/attachments/20250408/44d7dc9d/attachment-0001.pdf>