The 2024 Rebel-Trojan All-In Mock Trial Tournament is the fifteenth 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 Prosecution or Defense side in the criminal case of State of Midlands v. B.F. De la Porta & Poe Cameron. Here's a summary:
During the annual charity gala for Sohi Children’s Hospital, four masked individuals break into the vault at Miller Tower. During the heist, one of the armed robbers and Emory Sands, a Miller Tower security officer, are severely wounded. Two of the robbers flee via a helicopter on the rooftop and two flee into the streets of Santa Ivo City. After an extensive investigation on the local and federal level, Poe Cameron is arrested as one of the four suspected armed robbers, and local billionaire Berkley De la Porta is arrested for funding the criminal operation.
The charges include conspiracy, grand theft, burglary, wire fraud, kidnapping receiving stolen property and more! Who will go down for this? Will someone flip? Will the stolen items be recovered?
*** 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 2024 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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