The Penn State Mock Trial Association is pleased to announce that an Invitational Competition will be held at the Penn State University Park Campus on October 25th and 26th, 2008!
The basics:- Trials will be a 2-2 format on Saturday and Sunday, held in the Thomas and Life Sciences buildings.
- Registration will be $90 per team if received prior to Sept. 22nd, $100 per team if received afterwards.
- Judging will be provided through a mix of attorneys, judges, and law school professors, and we will be pulling judges from the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York, and Harrisburg areas. As always, coaches will be a last resort.
- We currently have a block of hotel rooms reserved for teams downtown and the quoted rate is $95 a night. State College has a wide assortment of hotel accommodations (and it is an Away football weekend, so the prices are all bearable!). Parking will be free on campus.
- Transit to State College, PA is available via car (we are just a few miles from I-80, I-99, and Route 322) and plane (University Park Airport has national service).
As we continue to plan all the logistics of the tournament, we are currently trying to get a sense of how many schools would be interested in attending. If you feel that your program would be interested, please contact our Tournament Co-Director Nate Law (
njl5021@psu.edu). This is not a binding commitment, but we would like to determine if the demand is present.
Thank you!
-Mike Thomas
President, The Penn State Mock Trial Association
clubs.psu.edu/mocktrial
