The 2025 Rebel-Trojan All-In Mock Trial Tournament is the sixteenth year of the first ever American Mock Trial Association format trial advocacy competition to come to Las Vegas.
The UNLV and USC Mock Trial Teams co-host the tournament. This year, the Rebel-Trojan will take place at the Clark County Regional Justice Center. In years past, the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law and the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs were co-sponsors.
THIS YEAR, the students will present either the Plaintiff or Defense side in the civil case of Shannon Shahid v. Taylor Hopson . Here's a summary:
On April 25, 2024, infamous Midlands millionaire Avery Bancroft died while aboard the Mid-Riverina Express (the “MRE”), a luxury train in Australia. Bancroft had two children: Taylor Hopson and Shannon Shahid (Hopson’s younger half-sibling). According to Bancroft’s will, Hopson — who was also aboard the MRE when Bancroft died — would inherit most of Bancroft’s estate. Shahid's lawsuit is a Slayer Statute proceeding, alleging Hopson caused Bancroft’s death and therefore cannot inherit any of Bancroft’s estate.
Prominent issues are loyalty, betrayal, poison, bad health and more! Who did this? Where do the millions go?
*** We welcome practitioners and judges with civil and/or criminal experience.
Tournament Judges Sign Up
Are you a judge, attorney or 3L law student (evidence completed)? If so, please join us as a tournament judge for the 2025 Rebel Trojan All-In Mock Trial Tournament. Sign up here.
What Mock Trial Judges Do
Presiding mock trial judges actually rule on objections, and conduct the trials, just as real judges do. Scoring mock trial judges score the students' performances and give them evaluative commentary. We strive to provide one presiding judge, and two scoring judges, per trial.
What Mock Trial Competitors Do
During the Rebel - Trojan, colleges and universities from around the nation compete against each other by using the Federal Rules of Evidence to present either the Prosecution/Plaintff or Defense side of a mock case. Each side will present an Opening Statement, Direct & Cross Examination of 3 Prosecution witnesses and 3 Defense witnesses, and Closing Arguments.
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