Approximately 200 students from 20 different colleges and universities will participate in the American Mock Trial Association regional competition Feb. 23-24 at the Washburn School of Law. The event is sponsored by the political science department, communication department and School of Law. The public is welcome to observe the event. Several trials will occur simultaneously, each lasting approximately two hours. Two teams will represent WU at the event.
Teams consist of six students, with three assigned witness roles and three given attorney roles.
Attorneys and judges from throughout the community volunteer to rate the participants. This event is one of 17 regional competitions staged to determine which teams will receive bids to go to a national tournament. A team has represented WU on the national level 10 out of the past 11 years. The event will take place from 8 a.m. to noon and is sponsored by the Washburn University history department. Students will compete as individuals and as school teams according to grade level in the categories of performance, papers, projects and media productions.