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[edit] Versus Moot Court?

What is the difference between trials, really? Andre 22:08, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

  • Mock Trial is most often a more team-oriented activity with working together with attorneys and witnesses, while Moot Court is more often just argumentation in front of a judge, like an appellate court. Poseidon^3 21:53, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

The difference is more contrived than real, Mock Trials are a type of Moot Court. I suggest the articles should be merged.--Doug.(talk • contribs) 18:59, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

There is a vast difference between mock trial and moot court. Moot court is simply an appellate or motions argument in front of a judge. Mock trial is an entire trial from motions in limine to closing statements. Ask anyone who has ever participated in these whether moot court and trial ad are the same. 70.21.106.79 (talk) 07:10, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

There is a huge difference between mock trial and moot court. To say that the two are the same is like saying that a trial and an appeal are the same. Mock trial is a trial and has all of the elements of a trial including Motions in Limine, opening statements, direct and cross examination and closing arguments. Moot court involves writing an appellate brief and arguing the appellate points. I guess baseball and basketball should be merged because they both use a round ball and are both a sport. Drdutko (talk) 18:32, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Middle School/High School Mock Trial

[edit] Middle School

Why isn't Middle school Mock Trial in here? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wii2-13 (talk • contribs) 21:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] NY State

New York, though it doesn't compete in the national high school Mock Trial competition, has its own intra-state competition with three attorneys and three witnesses per side. Should this get added? 68.238.86.68 02:44, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

That's the mock trial I'm familiar with. It's probably worth mentioning. Andre (talk) 03:16, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] College Premiere Invitationals

I removed to the original list (with UCLA instead of Shucker). There have been several attempts for organizations to add their tournament as one of the "premiere" invitationals when they are in fact not. The ones listed are the generally agreed upon "best" tournaments in the country in terms of competition and organization. UCLA and Shucker are the debatable ones, I left UCLA, and someone removed Shucker a while ago, I'll keep it off. If you are going to add to this list, please justify it first, do not use this as an advertising forum. As ae side note, I am not affiliated with any of the programs listed.

[edit] Nationality

Why does this article only refer to the USA - Mock Trial exists in several different countries including Britain and Australia.

[edit] Lists of Champions should be removed

I am getting tired of looking at the various lists of tournaments and champions on this page. Should we divide those off into tournament specific pages? It doesn't seem appropriate for a general article.Mneumisi 14:20, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Not a bad idea. Numbersandstuff 01:44, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree, the concept of a mock trial is different from these competitions. FrozenPurpleCube 16:16, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I think the best format might be a general article on Mock trial, and then links within the sections to tournement specifics. For example, under High School Mock Trial, you could have a list of competitions which would have thier own page. A lot of the vandalism we get on this page is all posturing by various mock trial teams or their supporters.Mneumisi 15:15, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I question the notability of the specific tournaments. They shouldn't be here and they shouldn't be anywhere. This page shouldn't be split, it should be merged with Moot Court. --Doug.(talk • contribs) 19:05, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merger

I have proposed Merger to Moot court, please discuss at Talk:Moot court, not here. --Doug.(talk • contribs) 19:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Law School Mock Trial

Why is there so much emphasis on college and high school mock trial and one little paragraph on law school mock trial? Law school mock trial is much more prevalent and significant. Every time the law school section is expanded it is cut down significantly. Drdutko 17:04, 4 December 2007 (UTC)