Learning how to present a case clearly and effectively will improve the abilities of both the student who may go on to law school and the student who may not be planning to go on to law school. The Holy Cross Mock Trial Team competes in at least one invitational trial in the fall of each year. For the past two years the team has accepted an invitation to compete at the Yale invitational, and we hope this will continue into the future. Each spring we compete in a regional qualifier tournament. Holy Cross is hoping to host a regional in the near future.
Most teams compete at least at one tournament, their regional tournament.
The silver flight is held in Minneapolis Minnesota and the top 5 teams from that tournament receive an invitation to compete in the gold flight which is held in Des Moines Iowa each April. Last year the HC Mock Trial team was a co-champion of their regional and an award winning team at the gold flight National Championships in Des Moines.