Raleigh Hightower Lifestyle Editor rhightower@murraystate.edu The Murray State Mock Trial team has once again overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and brought home several awards in the virtual American Mock Trial Association Regional tournament. The competition was hosted on Zoom by Colorado College and the United States Air Force Academy on Feb.…
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With the ongoing pandemic, many in-person activities have been moved to a virtual format. One of those activities is court. The Murray State mock trial team got a taste of virtual court in their most recent tournament.
The mock trial team participated in a tournament of around eight schools and competed against four of them on Feb. 27 and Feb. 28.
Mock trial is an imitation of a court trial. It gives participants a play-by-play of how a court trial moves and operates and participants take on roles such as plaintiff, defendant and attorneys.
For Murray State, mock trial is both a class and a club taught and led by Associate Professor of political science Paul Foote.