Competition · In person
North Carolina's statewide high-school mock trial competition, run by the North Carolina Mock Trial Program: school teams argue an original case as attorneys and witnesses, advancing from local rounds to the state finals; the state champion represents North Carolina at the National High School Mock Trial Championship.
Students prepare both sides of a fictional case released by the program and present it in real courtrooms before volunteer judges and attorneys, playing attorneys, witnesses and, in some states, courtroom artists or journalists. Scores reward legal reasoning, advocacy and teamwork.