StreetLawsClassroomGuideto MockTrialsandMootCourts ABBREVIATEDTABLEOFCONTENTS

INTRODUCTION FOR TEACHERS

Thissectionincludes:anoverviewofmocktrialsandmootcourts,linkstonational standardsforcivicsandgovernment,andresourcesforteachingmocktrialsandmoot courts.

MOCK TRIALS
Thissectionincludes:timefactors,studentinvolvement,judgeorjury,classroom arrangement,selectingandinstructingtheclerk,preparingtheobservers,mocktrial administrativechecklist MOCK TRIAL LESSON PLANS Lesson1:TheTrial:HowDoYouGetThere?;Lesson2:StepsinaTrial:WhatAreThey?; Lesson3:TheJury:HowDoYouSelectOne?;Lesson4:ATalkShow:WhatstheCase About?;Lesson5:TheoryoftheCaseandOpeningStatements;Lesson6:Opening Statements,WitnessExaminations,andClosingArguments;Lesson7:TheRulesof EvidenceandProcedure;Lesson8:TheMockTrial;Lesson9:DebriefingtheMockTrial SIMPLIFIED MOCK TRIALS Thesemocktrialscontaintwoshortwitnessstatementsper side. Students couldprepare andconductthesemocktrials in one to two 45 minute classes. Statev.Randall(Criminal Law: Assault and Battery) and W.B. Walker v.Cynthia Jones (Landlord/Tenant: Failure to Pay) MOCK TRIALS FOR A MOCK TRIAL UNIT The following mock trialscanbepresentedina45minuteclassperiod,butdepending on yourgoals,it isrecommended thatstudentshavetwotofiveclass periodsto prepare for any of these trials. Each trial contains two witness statements per side and summaries on the applicable laws. Battlev.Battle (Family Law: A Child Custody Hearing no jury); Vickersv. Hearst (Tort Law: Third Party Host Liability); Floydv.Baldwin(Breach of Contract: Consumer Home Improvement); Hudson v.DailyMetropolis ( Constitutional Law: First Amendment Freedom of the Press no jury)

CHALLENGING MOCK TRIALS Thesemocktrials,writtenbytheWashington,DC,StreetLawProjectoftheGeorgetown UniversityLawCenter,wereusedforthe Washington, DC area high schools mocktrial competition.Studentsinthatcompetitionhadapproximatelyonemonthtoprepareforthe trial;however,dependingonyourclassandwhetheryoudecidetoteachevidenceandtrial procedures,preparationtimewillvary.Eachtrialhasthreewitnesses. Elyse Roberts v. the District of Columbia(CivilRights:SexualHarassmentinthe Workplace);RickiJ o n e s v.MetroCity(TortLaw:StrictLiabilityandNegligencere:a CitysWaterContamination);W a l k e r v . Brewster(TortLaw:NegligentStorageofa HandgunandSupervisionofaChild)

MOOT COURTS
Thissectionincludes:studentinvolvement,classroomarrangement,mootcourt checklist MOOT COURT LESSON PLANS Lesson1:TheCourtSystem:WhoDecides?;Lesson2:TheCourtSystem:HowDoYou Appeal?;Lesson3:AMiniCaseStudy:YoubetheJustice;Lesson4: A MiniCaseStudy: DecipheringtheActualOpinion;Lesson5:Precedent:WhatsThatGottaDowithIt?; Lesson6:TheAnatomyofaCaseStudy:PuttingthePiecesTogether;Lesson7:Moot Court:ItsShowTime THE MOOT COURTS Davisv.Monroe(1999)(CivilRights,TitleIX:SexualHarassmentinSchool);Wisconsin v.Yoder(1972) (First A m e n d m e n t : F r e e d o m o f R e l i g i o n ) ; UnitedStatesv. Virginia(1996)(ConstitutionalLaw:EqualProtectionBasedonGender);PGATour.Inc. v.Martin(2001)(CivilRights:DiscriminationBasedonDisability);BoardofEducation ofIndependentSchoolDistrictNo.92ofPottawatomieCountyv.Earls,etal.,563U.S. 822(2002)(FourthAmendment:SearchandSeizure);Gratz,etal.v.Bollinger(2003) (FourteenthAmendment:EqualProtection/AffirmativeAction)