About the National Trial Team
Temple’s National Trial Team generally consists of 16 to 18 students, 2L or above. Team members are chosen through a competitive selection process. Membership brings academic credit. Team members enroll in two Advanced Trial Advocacy Courses: Pre-Trial Motions Practice and Evidence Strategies. In their first year of membership, students earn four credits. In their second year on the team, students earn three credits. Team members compete in at least two regional or national competitions per year – one fall and one spring.
Recent Successes
- 2019 National Civil Trial Competition – Semi-finalists (Read Story)
- 2018 Judge Paul Joseph Kelly, Jr. Invitational Trial Competition, Fordham – Winners (Read Story)
- 2018 Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition, Buffalo – Semi-finalists (Read Story)
- 2018 Capitol City Challenge Competition – Finalists and Winners of the Professionalism Award (Read Story)
- 2018 National Civil Trial Competition – Semi-finalists (Read Story)
- 2018 American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition – Regional Semi-finalists (Read Story)
- 2018 National Trial Competition, Region III Championship – Winner (Read Story)
- 2017 National Civil Trial Competition – Semi-finalists (Read Story)
- 2017 National Criminal Justice Trial Competition – Quarter-finalists (Read Story)
- 2017 Capitol City Challenge – Semi-finalists (Read Story)
- 2017 National Trial Competition, Region III Championship – Winner (Read Story)
- 2016 National Criminal Justice Trial Competition – Winner (Read Story)
- 2016 National Trial Competition, Region III Championship – Winner (Read Story)
- 2016 National Trial Competition, Region III Championship – Joel Michel receives Edward Ohlbaum Best Advocate Award (Read Story)