The National High School Mock Trial Championship is an American

United States

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 nationwide competition of high school mock trial

Mock trial

A Mock Trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower-court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of volunteers as role players to test theories or...

 teams. The competition debuted in 1984 in Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...

, with teams representing Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin.

Georgia has been the most successful state in the competition, winning the title four separate times. Iowa has won three times. Tennessee, California, New Jersey, South Carolina, Indiana and Arizona have all won twice.

Winners

Past winners and runners-up of the competition include the following schools:

Year	Host City	Winner	Second Place
1984	Des Moines, Iowa	Nebraska - Ogallala High School	Minnesota - Cloquet High School Cloquet High School Cloquet High School is a high school located in Cloquet, Minnesota.It serves approximately 800 students-a typical graduating class being 160-200.-Academics:Cloquet High School boasts a well rounded and thorough education...
1985	Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379....	Texas - Richard King High School Richard King High School Richard King High School, or King as it is often referred to, is one of five secondary schools that are part of the Corpus Christi Independent School District in Corpus Christi, Texas . It is the largest high school within the Corpus Christi area....	unknown
1986	Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...	Iowa - Lincoln High School	Wisconsin - Superior High School
1987	Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....	Arizona - Xavier College Preparatory	Iowa - Marshalltown High School Marshalltown High School Marshalltown High School is located in Marshalltown, Iowa and is home to 1,600 students in grades 9-12.-History:The first Marshalltown High School was located north of downtown Marshalltown on Grant Street before moving to the present Miller Middle School...
1988	Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...	South Carolina - Socastee High School Socastee High School Socastee High School is a large, three-story public high school with about 1,400 students located in Socastee, South Carolina right next to Socastee Elm., USA, in the Myrtle Beach metro area. It is run by Horry County Schools. The school's mascot is the Brave and the school colors are black and...	Texas - Westlake High School Westlake High School (Texas) Westlake High School is a high school in West Lake Hills, Texas in the Eanes Independent School District. In 2011, it was ranked 72nd on Newsweek Magazine's list of America's top High Schools....
1989	Louisville, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...	Wisconsin - Rhinelander High School Rhinelander High School Rhinelander High School, abbreviated RHS, is a high school in Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wisconsin USA. As of the 2007-08 school year, it had a student population of 1,091...	California - John Marshall High School John Marshall High School (Los Angeles, California) John Marshall High School is a high school located in the Los Feliz district of the City of Los Angeles at 3939 Tracy Street, in Los Angeles, California, USA.Marshall, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District...
1990	Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...	Colorado - Evergreen High School Evergreen High School (Evergreen, Colorado) Evergreen High School is a public secondary institution in the JEFFCO Public Schools district in Evergreen, Colorado, U.S. Until Conifer High School opened in 1996, it served students in both Evergreen and Conifer...	Ohio - Shaw High School
1991	New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...	New Jersey - Bergen Catholic High School Bergen Catholic High School Bergen Catholic High School is an all-male Roman Catholic high school in Oradell, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade...	Texas - Richard King High School
1992	Madison, Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....	Florida - Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School is a secondary school operated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, located at 7977 W 12th Avenue in Hialeah, Florida, USA, on the boundary with the city of Miami Lakes.-Construction:...	Texas - Richard King High School
1993	Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...	Mississippi - South Pike High School South Pike School District The South Pike School District is a public school district based in Magnolia, Mississippi .In addition to Magnolia, the district also serves the city of Osyka, the community of Fernwood, as well as rural areas in southern Pike County.-High School:...	Arizona - Deer Valley High School (Glendale, Arizona) Deer Valley High School (Glendale, Arizona) Deer Valley High School is a public high school located in Glendale, Arizona. It is part of the Deer Valley Unified School District. The school opened its doors for the first time in 1980 with an enrollment of 750 students. Today, the campus is housed on more than , and has a current enrollment of...
1994	Chicago, Illinois	California - Arlington High School Arlington High School (Riverside, California) Arlington High School is a public high school in Riverside, California, United States.-History:Founded in 1973, Arlington is one of 5 comprehensive high schools in Riverside Unified School District...	Rhode Island - Classical High School Classical High School Classical High School, founded in 1843, is a public exam school in the Providence School District, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It was originally an all-male school, but has since become co-ed...
1995	Denver, Colorado Denver, Colorado The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...	Georgia - South Gwinnett High School South Gwinnett High School South Gwinnett High School is a public high school in the United States for students in grades 9–12. The school is located in Snellville, Georgia and is part of the Gwinnett County Public Schools system, one of the 15 largest public school systems in the country...	Delaware - St. Mark's High School St. Mark's High School St. Mark's High School is a coeducational Roman Catholic high school located at 2501 Pike Creek Road, Wilmington, Delaware. The school is administrated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The current enrollment is...
1996	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...	Michigan - Kalamazoo Central High School Kalamazoo Central High School Kalamazoo Central High School is a public high school in Kalamazoo, Michigan serving students from ninth through twelfth grades. It was the first public high school in Michigan. It began operating in 1858 and graduated its first class of five men and three women in 1859. It moved to its current...	Arizona - Deer Valley High School
1997	Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...	Arizona - Deer Valley High School	Tennessee - Clinton High School, Tennessee Clinton High School, Tennessee Clinton High School , in Clinton, Tennessee, is the Anderson County, Tennessee, high school that serves students living in and near Clinton, Oliver Springs, and Claxton.- History :...
1998	Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...	New Jersey - Cherry Hill High School East Cherry Hill High School East Cherry Hill High School East is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Cherry Hill Public Schools...	Guam - Southern High School Southern High School (Guam) Southern High School is a public secondary school located at #1 Jose Perez Leon Guerrero Drive in Santa Rita, Guam, United States.The school, a part of the Guam Public School System, opened in 1997 and serves grades 9 through 12....
1999	St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...	Georgia - Clarke Central High School Clarke Central High School Clarke Central High School is located in Athens, Georgia. The school was created in 1970 by the merger of two high schools, Athens High School and Burney-Harris High School , as a result of desegregation....	Colorado - Regis Jesuit High School Regis Jesuit High School Regis Jesuit High School is a Jesuit Catholic college preparatory high school located in Aurora, Colorado. Founded in 1877, the high school shares much of its history with its counterpart Regis University in neighboring Denver, Colorado....
2000	Columbia, South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...	Washington - Benjamin Franklin High School	North Carolina - Asheboro High School Asheboro High School Asheboro High School is a high school in the Asheboro City Schools system of Asheboro, North Carolina, United States.- Overview :Asheboro High School is the only high school in the Asheboro City Schools District. The current campus was constructed between 1949 and 1959, with a major addition to the...
2001	Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...	Iowa - Pocahontas High School	New Jersey - Montclair High School
2002	St. Paul, Minnesota	Tennessee - Family Christian Academy Homeschoolers	Pennsylvania - Quigley Catholic High School Quigley Catholic High School Quigley Catholic High School is located in Baden, Pennsylvania. It is the only Roman Catholic high school in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The school opened in 1967 and is named for Monsignor Thomas J. Quigley, who was superintendent of schools for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh until...
2003	New Orleans, Louisiana	Tennessee - Family Christian Academy Homeschoolers	Colorado - Glenwood Springs High School Glenwood Springs High School Glenwood Springs High School is a high school in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It is, along with Basalt High School and Roaring Fork High School, in Carbondale, Colorado, a member of Roaring Fork School District Re-1.-Mock Trial:...
2004	Orlando, Florida Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...	South Carolina - Bob Jones Academy	Wisconsin - Rhinelander High School
2005	Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...	California - Tamalpais High School Tamalpais High School Tamalpais High School is a public secondary school located in Mill Valley, California. It is named after nearby Mount Tamalpais, which rises more than above Mill Valley....	Hawaii - Kauai High School Kauai High School Kauai High School is a public high school located in Lihue, Hawaii. It is named after the island Kauai, which is also known as the Garden Isle....
2006	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...	Iowa - Valley High School Valley High School (Des Moines, Iowa) Valley High School is a three-year public high school in West Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The school hosts grades 10-12. It is run by the West Des Moines Community School District...	Michigan - Kalamazoo Central High School
2007	Dallas, Texas	Georgia - Jonesboro High School Jonesboro High School (Georgia) Jonesboro High School is a four-year public high school located in Jonesboro, Georgia, United States, as part of the Clayton County School District.-History:...	Michigan - Kalamazoo Central High School
2008	Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...	Georgia - Jonesboro High School	Michigan - Kalamazoo Central High School
2009	Atlanta, Georgia	Indiana - John Adams High School John Adams High School (South Bend, Indiana) For schools with similar names, see Adams High School.John Adams High School is a public secondary school in South Bend. Its 2008-2009 enrollment is approximately 2000. The mock trial team at Adams recently won a second national title in four years...	Minnesota - Lakeville North High School Lakeville North High School Lakeville North High School is a public high school in northern Lakeville, Minnesota. Formerly Lakeville High School, LNHS received its current name when a second high school, Lakeville South High School, was built...
2010	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...	Minnesota - Breck School Breck School Breck School is an independent college-preparatory preK–12 school in Golden Valley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. It was founded in 1886 and is affiliated with the Episcopal Church...	Illinois - Hinsdale Central High School Hinsdale Central High School Hinsdale Central High School, or HCHS is a public four-year high school located at the corner of W. 55th St. and S. Grant St. in Hinsdale, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Founded in 1879, the school is well known for its large spending per student, academic...

The following is the list of winners of the National High School Mock Trial Championships (since 2000), as well as the runners-ups:

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Year	Winner	1st Runner-Up	2nd Runner-Up	3rd Runner-Up
2010	Breck School (Minnesota )	Hinsdale Central High School (Illinois )	Henry W. Grady High School Henry W. Grady High School Henry W. Grady High School is located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in Midtown. It serves as the Communication Magnet school for the Atlanta Public Schools...  (Georgia)	Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School or "MICDS" is a secular, co-educational, private school for about 1,200 students in grades Junior Kindergarten through 12, separated into three different sections: JK-4th grade , 5th-8th grade , and 9th-12th grade . Its 100 acre campus is located...  (Missouri)
2009	John Adams High School (Indiana)	Lakeville North High School (Minnesota)	Seattle Preparatory School Seattle Preparatory School Seattle Preparatory School, popularly known as Seattle Prep is a private Jesuit high school located on Capitol Hill, in Seattle. It was founded in 1891 and has maintained a long history of academic excellence. The school regularly sends many of its students to Ivy League and 'highly selective'...  (Washington)	Hinsdale Central High School (Illinois)
2008	Jonesboro High School (Georgia)	Kalamazoo Central High School (Michigan)	The Charter School of Wilmington (Delaware)	Sandia High School Sandia High School Sandia High School is a Public High School located in the northeast heights of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a member of the Albuquerque Public Schools district. The current enrollment is 2,071.-History:...  (New Mexico)
2007	Jonesboro High School (Georgia)	Kalamazoo Central High School (Michigan)	John Adams High School - (Indiana)	Saint Louis Priory School Saint Louis Priory School The Saint Louis Priory School, a Roman Catholic secondary day school for boys, is located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri, within the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. The school is run by the Benedictine monks of Saint Louis Abbey as part of their religious ministry.- History :The school was...  (Missouri)
2006	Valley High School (Iowa)	Kalamazoo Central High School (Michigan)	Timothy Christian High School (Illinois)	Greensburg Salem High School Greensburg-Salem School District Greensburg-Salem School District is a public school district in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The City of Greensburg as well as South Greensburg Boro, Southwest Greensburg Boro, and Salem Township are within district boundaries.-Schools:...  (Pennsylvania)
2005	Tamalpais High School (California)	Kauai High School (Hawaii)	University High School University High School (Tucson) University High School is an accelerated public high school located in Tucson, Arizona, originally known as Special Projects High School , University High School is in the Tucson Unified School District...  (Arizona)	Minneapolis South High School Minneapolis South High School South Senior High School is the largest public school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, located in Corcoran neighborhood. Its student population is 1963, with a staff of 115 as of the 2009–10 school year...  (Minnesota)
2004	Bob Jones Academy (South Carolina)	Rhinelander High School (Wisconsin)	Meadow Creek Christian School (Minnesota)	Community High School (Michigan)
2003	FCA Homeschoolers (Tennessee)	Glenwood Springs High School (Colorado)	John Adams High School (Indiana)	Riverside Polytechnic High School Riverside Polytechnic High School Riverside Polytechnic High School is a four-year public high school in Riverside, California, United States, and part of the Riverside Unified School District...  (California)
2002	FCA Homeschoolers (Tennessee)	Quigley Catholic High School (Pennsylvania)	Glenwood Springs High School (Colorado)	Abraham Lincoln High School Abraham Lincoln High School (San Jose, California) Abraham Lincoln High School is a high school in the San Jose Unified School District. It is a magnet school for "Academic, Visual, and Performing Arts". The current principal is Matt Hewitson....  (California)
2001	Pocahontas High School (Iowa)	Montclair High School (New Jersey)	Benjamin Franklin High School (Washington)	Mountain Ridge High School Mountain Ridge High School (Glendale, Arizona) Mountain Ridge High School is a public high school in the Deer Valley Unified School District .-Sports:Fall Sports* Swimming* Cross Country* Football* Spiritline* Golf* Badminton * Volleyball * Marching Band...  (Arizona)
2000	Benjamin Franklin High School (Washington)	Asheboro High School (North Carolina)	Kalamazoo Central High School (Michigan)	Bergen Catholic High School (New Jersey)

2005

The Torah Academy of Bergen County

Torah Academy of Bergen County

Torah Academy of Bergen County is a four-year yeshiva high school located in Teaneck, in Bergen County, New Jersey. It utilizes a split-schedule day offering both Jewish studies and college preparatory courses...

 from Teaneck, New Jersey

Teaneck, New Jersey

Teaneck is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, and a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 39,776, making it the second-most populous among the 70 municipalities in Bergen County....

 had won its state's 2005 competition, but faced difficulties in its ultimately successful effort to gain accommodations to participate in the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina without being required to compete during the Jewish Sabbath.

The American Mock Trial Invitational

American Mock Trial Invitational

The American Mock Trial Invitational is a national mock trial competition for high schools in the United States, created and administered by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice....

 was created in 2006 by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers as an alternative competition to address concerns of religious commitments by competing school teams.

2009

Maimonides School

Maimonides School

Maimonides School is a coeducational, Modern Orthodox, Jewish day school located in Brookline, Massachusetts. The school was founded in 1937 by Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik and his wife Tonya Soloveitchik...

 of Brookline, Massachusetts

Brookline, Massachusetts

Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 58,732.-Etymology:...

 won the 2009 Massachusetts state championship and desired to participate in the national championship in Atlanta, Georgia. Due to religious dietary restrictions and Shabbat

Shabbat

Shabbat is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. Shabbat is observed from a few minutes before sunset on Friday evening until a few minutes after when one would expect to be able to see three stars in the sky on Saturday night. The exact times, therefore, differ from...

 observance the school asked for accommodation in order to participate without violating their religious beliefs. The school asked for two trials to be changed from Saturday to Thursday or Friday in order to avoid violating Shabbat. In response the school obtained attorney Nathan Lewin to represent the school. Lewin filed a complaint with the US Department of Justice alleging religious discrimination

Religious discrimination

Religious discrimination is valuing or treating a person or group differently because of what they do or do not believe.A concept like that of 'religious discrimination' is necessary to take into account ambiguities of the term religious persecution. The infamous cases in which people have been...

 and a violation of civil rights

Civil rights

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. Attorney Elizabeth Price resigned from the Georgia State Bar in protest over the National Board refusing to grant the requests for accommodation. The Anti-Defamation League sent a letter of protest to the National Board complaining against the lack of reasonable accommodation, asking the National Board not to punish children for their religious beliefs. The United States Congress

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....

condemned the National Board for failing to provide for these accommodations. On May 7, 2009, Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Doris Downs ruled that unless the competition would accommodate the Orthodox Jewish students, then the courthouse would not be allowed to be used for the competition.