- District Competition: Friday, February 3, 2012
- Regional Competition: Friday, February 24, 2012
The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association was pleased to host the 29th Annual Cuyahoga District and Regional Competitions for teams from Northeast Ohio.
The Cuyahoga District Competition was held at the Justice Center on February 3, 2012 while the Cuyahoga Regional Competition was held at the Cuyahoga County Courthouse on February 24, 2012. Thank you to the more than 80 volunteer judicial panelists who helped make the competition an exciting and memorable event for more than 450 students, teachers, and supporters.
Congratulations to the following six teams who will be advancing from the Cuyahoga Regional Competition to the State Tournament in Columbus March 8-10, 2012:
- Ashland High School – Team Red
- Mentor High School – Team Snollygoster
- Orange High School – Team Jefferson
- Solon High School – Team R.B. Ginsburg
- Solon High School – Team J. Roberts
- Solon High School – Team S. Sotomayor
For pictures from the District and Regional Competitions featured on the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation Facebook page, click here.
Volunteer today!
Volunteer for the 2013 Ohio Mock Trial Competition! Each year volunteer judges and attorneys are needed to serve as competition judicial panelists. At this done-in-a-day volunteer opportunity, you will have the chance to observe the region's finest budding legal minds in an exciting afternoon of competition. The fictional case in 2012 asked whether police seizure of a suspect’s cell phone GPS records without a warrant violates his/her Fourth Amendment rights.
This is Ohio’s largest academic competition and Cuyahoga County high school participation is strong – with the help of volunteers from the legal community in 2012, over 450 students representing 16 high schools were provided the opportunity to hone their communication, analytical, and courtroom skills. Students are judged on their understanding of the case facts and applicable law, the roles of the attorney and witnesses at trial, and courtroom procedures and decorum. More than 80 volunteer judicial panelists – judges, magistrates, and attorneys – presided over the trials and scored the events in 2012.
The Ohio Mock Trial program is conducted under the auspices of the Ohio Center for Law Related Education (“OCLRE”). The OCLRE is sponsored by the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Ohio State Bar Association, Attorney General’s Office and ACLU Foundation of Ohio. The Cuyahoga District and Regional Competitions are sponsored by the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, with funding support from the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation.
If you are interested in volunteering as a judicial panelist in 2013, please contact Competition Coordinator Jessica Paine by email or by calling (216) 696-3525 ext. 4462.
Thank you to the more than 80 volunteer judges, magistrates, and attorneys who helped make this program a success for the students who worked so hard in preparation in 2011. We were proud to host over 460 students representing 23 area high schools from Cuyahoga, Lake, Huron, Columbiana, Richland, Stark, Summit and Trumbull Counties. The fictional case asked whether a county coroner’s removal of body parts for scientific analysis constitutes an impermissible taking of property without due process of law in violation of the family members’ constitutional rights.
Congratulations to the following teams that advanced from the Cuyahoga Regional Competition to the State Tournament!
- Mentor High School Team Rock
- North Olmsted Team Legal Eagles
- Orange High School Teams Cub & Falcon
- Solon High School Teams J. Roberts and A. Scalia
- Walsh Jesuit High School Team Maroon & Gold
Special congratulations to Orange High School Team Cub for qualifying as a State Finalist at the Tournament! To view the 2011 Ohio Mock Trial State Competition Final Round, click here.