The National High School Mock Trial Competition gives students throughout the country the opportunity to learn about the legal system through a courtroom trial competition.
Students take on the roles of attorney and witness as they research cases and then head to trial.
For four straight years, Hattiesburg High's varsity mock trial team has beaten out a field of over 50 teams from across the state to win Mississippi's mock trial state championship. The team has then gone on to national competitions in Chicago, Denver, Pittsburgh, and Nashville, placing fifth in the nation in 1997 and sixth in '96 and '95. Over the past four years, the team has amassed an overall record of 50 wins and only 7 losses in state and national competition.