November 23-24, 2024, SDSU Mock Trial sent 3 teams and 27 students to the annual Włodarczyk Invitational Tournament hosted at Cal Western School of Law by UC San Diego. Thanks to their hard work and effort our members brought home 4 outstanding awards; three outstanding witness awards and an outstanding attorney award.

Thank you to Meghna Mohan, Grace Cho, Miranda Martinez, and Logan Parker for making us proud!

When reflecting on her win Grace Cho, Secretary of Mock Trial, said, "This past weekend, I was thrilled to have honed my trial advocacy and public speaking skills alongside brilliant peers, competitors, and coaches. It always feels good to bring home an award for the team!"

In October 2023, students from SDSU Mock Trial were able to participate in a mock trial at California Western School of Law as jurors.

Meghna Mohan, described her experience of being part of SDSU Mock Trial and this opportunity as it, "has given me so many opportunities to gain insight into the field of law and prepare me for a future law career. The Cal Western mock scrimmage in particular showed me what a real mock tournament looked like. As someone who’s entirely new to mock trial, it was a super educational experience that gave me inspiration for my own case and more confidence to face upcoming tournaments!"

November 11-12, 2023, SDSU Mock Trial attended the annual Anteater Invitational tournament, hosted by and at UC Irvine, where a total of 36 teams competed. This was the first time SDSU Mock Trial attended this tournament and sent 2 teams, with a total of 24 students, to the tournament. As the tournament wrapped up, SDSU Mock Trial was awarded with 2 individual awards and an SDSU team received an honorable mention, ranking #9 over.

When reflecting on this experience, Rachelle Wong, said, “[I am] thrilled to have been lucky enough to participate in the UC Irvine Anteater Mock Trial Invitational! This event provided yet another opportunity to hone my public speaking skills, engage with passionate individuals, and learn in a 'courtroom'. Immensely grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with such talented peers and gain valuable insights into the world of mock trial.”

The Mock Trial Advocate of the Year award is a scholarship that aims to annually acknowledge and highlight two students for their work throughout the mock trial season and encourage the next generation to pursue a legal career. In a historic competition season where we received two Top 10 rankings at competitions and took home eight individual awards, and we are so proud of the work each of our members did. This year, we had two outstanding individuals who excelled in competitions and upheld the pillars of SDSU Mock Trial, Joshua Radzinski and Alexander Ortiz.

2024 was the inaugural year for this award, and it was made possible by the generosity of Jon Davidi, SDSU Alumni and attorney for Los Angeles firm Panish | Shea | Ravipudi where he focuses on catastrophic personal injury cases. Mr. Davidi has had an outstanding career in mock trial at the law school level, competing on a team that won the 2018 American Association for Justice (AAJ) National Competition.

"Supporting the SDSU Mock Trial team now is important for Mr. Davidi since he remembers how his law school trial team impacted his career. “It was an integral part of my training as an attorney, and I remember being in law school where there were people on our team and other teams who had done mock trial competitions as undergraduates — they had such an advantage. And I remember looking back and wishing that I had done that too,” he said."

-Leslie L.J. Reilly

Thank you Mr. Davidi!