Brown University Mock Trial
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The Brown University Mock Trial team is among the few non-athletic organizations engaged in intercollegiate competitions at Brown University
, an Ivy League
university. Brown's Mock Trial team is a registered member of the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) and competes at official AMTA tournaments throughout the year, preparing its members for a future career in trial advocacy. Brown University itself has no law school, and the team has no coach and no faculty advisor. Within the structure of Brown University, the Mock Trial team is a Category III organization registered with the Student Activities Office and receives funding from Brown's Undergraduate Finance Board.
's Silver Tournament Kohler Division , earned a bid to the Championship Tournament at Stetson University, and placed within the top 5% of the nation's college teams, placing in the top 28 out of a pool of 560 teams registered with AMTA.
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, an Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
university. Brown's Mock Trial team is a registered member of the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) and competes at official AMTA tournaments throughout the year, preparing its members for a future career in trial advocacy. Brown University itself has no law school, and the team has no coach and no faculty advisor. Within the structure of Brown University, the Mock Trial team is a Category III organization registered with the Student Activities Office and receives funding from Brown's Undergraduate Finance Board.
Leadership
The Brown Mock Trial Team is a student-run organization with no permanent faculty advisor and no attorney coach. Leadership is determined by general body elections annually. All training, coaching, and administrative work are the students' responsibility.Success
The team has sent at least one team to a national American Mock Trial Association tournament for the past six years. In 2007 the team placed second place at Hamline UniversityHamline University
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's Silver Tournament Kohler Division , earned a bid to the Championship Tournament at Stetson University, and placed within the top 5% of the nation's college teams, placing in the top 28 out of a pool of 560 teams registered with AMTA.