If a team member, scheduled to participate in an enactment, becomes ill, injured or has a serious conflict and as a result cannot compete, then an alternate team member should substitute. If no alternate team member is available, then at the discretion of the local coordinator, the local coordinator may declare a forfeit or reschedule the enactment. Use of a podium shall not be required of the participants at any level of competition. All teams are to work with their assigned attorney-advisors in preparing their cases. Usual rules of courtroom decorum apply to all participants.
Appropriate dress is required.
The Statement of Facts and any additional stipulations may not be disputed at the trial. The judge may also consider such action in making the decision concerning the best team presentation. A witness's physical appearance in the case is as he or she appears in the trial enactment. Witnesses shall stay in the courtroom at all times during the Mock Trial proceedings. Witnesses, whether plaintiff's or defendant's, shall not sit at the attorneys' table.