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Bar Mock Trial 2015

This year, Highcliffe School has applied to take part in the Bar Mock Trial Competition.


Run in partnership with the Bar Council, this competition gives students an exciting insight into the workings of the legal system and we are looking for participants!

 

Students, aged 15-18 years (in November 2015), work in teams to defend and prosecute two specially written criminal cases, developing their advocacy, communication and other employability and social skills. You can take on the roles of barristers/advocates, witnesses, court staff and jurors and your performances are judged by real judges and senior barristers. You will present your case against teams from other schools. First, you have to become familiar with the case and then you have to battle it out in real courtrooms, in front of real judges!

 

Not interested in performing in the competition?

 

If you’re not sure about performing but would like to be involved then you may consider becoming a Court Artist or Reporter. These competitions run alongside the Bar National Mock Trial Competition. They provide a unique opportunity to find out more about the work of court reporters and/or court artists. After watching one of the trials at a regional heat, the Reporter will write a newspaper article reporting on the case they have watched.

 

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Miss Crump or Dr Riley or come along to a meeting in GL1 on Wednesday 10th June at 12.20pm.

 

Auditions will take place during the week beginning 15th June.

 

Further Resources

 

Visit the Mock Trial website for more information.

 

An example of a Mock Trial competition at university (The Bar Mock Trial will be exactly the same but only students aged 15-18 are eligible to apply).

 

Speaking in Cardiff Crown Court at the final of the Bar National Mock Trial Competition 2014, Emily Thornberry, Shadow Attorney General and MP for Islington South and Finsbury, tells the Citizenship Foundation's Michael Grimes that young people, as citizens, have an entitlement to learn about how law is made and how it functions.

 

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