Team Information
Team Information for the 2025 Season
Season Calendar
The linked PDF contains important dates for the 2024 season. Please provide copies to your team's students, coaches and parents: 2025 Season Calendar
Case Materials & Rules
Q & A Report—updated 11/15/2024
2025 Rules — Rules of Competition and Evidence
2025 Case: Dillard v. Farnsworth
Coaches' Manual—All coaches should read the Manual. It includes explanations of rules and policies, including information about the 2025 competition season.
Timekeeper Materials
Instructions for Timekeepers—For in-person timekeeping. Includes the time card cheat sheet.
Time Sheet—One per Round per team
Time card template—Printed on yellow paper/cardstock.
Please see Rules 7(j), 17 and 18 for a complete understanding of the roles and duties of the timekeepers.
Other Materials
Region Assignments—check back in December—This list reflects each team's current assignment. A few teams may yet need to switch regions if more teams withdraw from the competition.
Sample Electronic Scoresheet—check back in December. Please test it and try to "break" it! If something does not work properly, please email richardh@59shoushen.com.
Blank scoresheet and comment sheet—These are the printed versions of the scoresheets and comment sheets judging panel members typically use at competition.
Explanation of Performance Ratings—This is the guidance given evaluators on what the score numbers should mean.
Criteria for Scoring a Trial Presentation—This is the guidance given to evaluators on what to look for in each portion of the trial.
Forms
Forms to be completed beforehand and submitted online prior to competition:
Supplemental Attorney Coach Form (used to add/delete changes to Attorney Coach roster made after initial registration)
Forms to be completed beforehand and brought to the competition:
Competing Team Declaration and Code of Ethical Conduct—This declares your team's competing and non-competing students for each level.
This will be turned in on-site at team registration.
—Code of Ethical Conduct language to review with team
Trial Roster Forms
—PDFs to fill out: Prosecution Trial Roster| Defense Trial Roster [these will be available in January]
Teams need at least 15 copies of each side's roster for the Regional Competition.
Forms to be used during the competition:
Time Sheet—One per Round per team
Inside the Bar Dispute Form—must be supplied by teams for Dispute to be considered.
Post-Season Items
Outstanding Coach Nomination—Nominate an attorney or teacher coach from your team to be recognized for their years of hard work and dedication.
Attorney Coach CLE Form—Due Apr. 15, 2025
Midtown Tournament—This tournament is sponsored and operated by the Midtown High School Mock Trial program and is not affiliated with the Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition. Teams competing at State Finals may not participate.
Student Certificate Template—Use this PDF to position names on the Certificate if you want to print the names.