CREATING A TEAM

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YOU WILL PROSECUTE THE CASE ONCE AND DEFEND THE CASE ONCE IN THE REGULAR ROUNDS. BE SURE TO DOUBLE CHECK WHICH SIDE YOU PLAY FIRST.

HINT:  THE BEST TEAMS PREPARE BOTH SIDES SO THEY KNOW ALL ARGUMENT

FOOD

CAPTAINS

DECORATING LOCKERS 

FOOD

GO OUT TO EAT AFTER

COMMUNITY BUILDING

LAUGH

FOOD 

ACT THINGS OUT

 PRACTICE

LET THEM EXPLORE

LEARN FROM EACH OTHER 

TEACHERS AND COACHES ARE LEARNERS TOO 

HIGH EXPECTATIONS

CHEERS

TEAM-BUILDING

FOOD 

HONESTY

WORK ETHIC

CLEAR DIRECTIONS

COMMITMENT 

SILLINESS 

MANNERS

FOOD

MAKE IT FUN  

EVERY ROLE IS VITAL

CREATE A "WE"

 CONCEPT

• YOU MAY HAVE UP TO ELEVEN OFFICIAL TEAM MEMBERS THAT COMPRISE YOUR OFFICIAL TEAM. 

• TWO ADDITIONAL STUDENTS MAY ACT AS ALTERNATES IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
  

• CREATING TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT TEAMS, ONE PLAINTIFF/PROSECUTION TEAM AND ONE DEFENSE TEAM WITH ALL DIFFERENT TEAM MEMBERS IS AGAINST THE MOCK TRIAL RULES.

• YOU MAY DIVIDE YOU ELEVEN TEAM WAY YOU WANT.                                                              

  WHAT ARE THE

   ROLES?  

• YOU MUST DIVIDE UP THE WORK EQUALLY. 
• YOU MAY ONLY USE UP TO 8 STUDENTS PER TRIAL. 
• YOU MAY HAVE 3 STUDENTS OR 4 STUDENTS PLAY THE ROLES OF ATTORNEYS. EACH ATTORNEY MUST DO TWO TASKS IF YOU HAVE FOUR ATTORNEYS, AND IN THE CASE OF USING 3 ATTORNEYS, TWO ATTORNEYS WILL DO THREE TASKS AND THE OTHER ATTORNEY TWO. AN ATTORNEY MIGHT DO AN OPENING STATEMENT AND ONE DIRECT EXAMINATION, OR AN ATTORNEY MIGHT DO A CROSS EXAMINATION AND THE CLOSING ARGUMENT. 
• REMEMBER, OBJECTIONS ARE ALSO EQUALLY DIVIDED. THE ATTORNEY WHO DID THE DIRECT EXAMINATION OR CROSS EXAMINATION MAY ONLY BE THE ONE WHO OBJECTS WHILE HIS/HER WITNESS IS BEING CROSS EXAMINED OR DIRECTLY EXAMINED. YOU CANNOT HAVE ONE PERSON WHO IS VERY GOOD AT MAKING OBJECTIONS MAKE OBJECTIONS FOR THE ENTIRE TEAM.
  
• THREE STUDENTS PLAY THE ROLES OF WITNESSES. ALL WITNESSES MUST TESTIFY
• ONE STUDENT PLAYS THE ROLE OF BAILIFF
• THE ALTERNATES AND STUDENTS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE  SIT WITH THE OBSERVERS AND THEREFORE CANNOT COMMUNICATE WITH THE TEAM.
• YOU ARE FREE TO MAKE STUDENTS WHO PLAYED THE ROLES OF ATTORNEYS,  WITNESSES OR BAILIFFS IN YOUR NEXT TRIAL. YOUR WITNESSES MAY BE ATTORNEYS WHEN YOU PRESENT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CASE. STUDENTS WHO PLAYED IN THE FIRST ROUND, MAY SIT OUT THE SECOND TIME. AGAIN, YOU CAN DIVIDE THE ROLES UP ANYWAY YOU WISH AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT CREATE TWO SEPARATE TEAMS OR GO OVER ELEVEN ON YOUR OFFICIAL TEAM.
  
• SUCCESSFUL TEAMS HAVE STUDENTS WHO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE ROLES AND THE THEORY OF THE CASE. TEACHING ONLY FOR A PARTICULAR ROLE MAY SEEM A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IT REDUCES THE WORK AND HELPS STUDENTS FOCUS ON ONE ROLE; HOWEVER, THE TEAMS THAT DO BEST HAVE STUDENTS WHO UNDERSTAND THE "BIG PICTURE" AND UNDERSTAND THE CASE FULLY AS WELL AS HOW HIS/HER TESTIMONY WILL BOLSTER THE TEAM'S CASE. ALSO, WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO SUBSTITUTE A ROLE, STUDENTS FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE DOING SO.
  
• PRACTICE!  PRACTICE!  PRACTICE!  PRACTICE!
  

"First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms."
Kristen Hunter