What is a Mock Trial?
The University of Redlands has been an active member of the American Mock Trial Associations (AMTA) since 1991. During these years, our teams have earned national recognition and prestige for an impressive list of top 10 and top 20 team rankings, in addition to the coveted American Mock Trial Association's Outstanding New Team Award and its Spirit award.
Redlands' mock trial participants have won a remarkable number of individual outstanding attorney and witness awards. With a season stretching from August through April, including prominent invitational tournaments as well as AMTA-sponsored regional and national tournaments across the country, Redlands' team members are sovereign over captain selections, tryouts, team assignments, role responsibilities, case preparations in their entirety, tournament planning, travel arrangements and a host of related issues.
Students work together to prepare a case for mock trial competitions held at undergraduate campuses across the U.S.. In 2018-19 our students competed at two invitational tournaments as attorneys and witnesses and outscored opposing teams. We're especially proud of our University of Redlands A team that won 4.5 ballots out of 8 at the Claremont Regional tournament, missing an organized regional championship bid by only one ballot. A sophomore student, Tara Takenaka, also won an outstanding witness award at the Southern California regional tournament.
We welcome new members and encourage your participation. Please speak to Professor Art Svenson for more information, Art_Svenson@redlands.edu