Most of you know that I’ve been involved in mock trial for a long time. Ever since high school, I’ve been doing mock trial in one way or another. I participated in competitions in both high school and college, and over the past year my participation has evolved more into a coaching role than a competition role. However, I’ve recently come to realize that there are several shortcomings and problems with the methods and mechanisms that are used by the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) to score tournaments at the college level. I posted my thoughts on the issue on Perjuries.com (an online college mock trial community), and what followed was a discussion between myself and some other members of the Perjuries.com community (with lots of long posts). To see this discussion, please visit this topic. Also, please feel free to respond to this discussion on Perjuries.com.
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