CGA to host Fifth Annual Guardian Invitational Mock Trial Competition

NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy Cadet Mock Trial Team and Cadet Law Society are scheduled to host the Fifth Annual Guardian Invitational Mock Trial Competition at the academy here Friday through Sunday.

Under the auspices of the American Mock Trial Association, the Coast Guard Academy has hosted the intercollegiate mock trial competition in October each year for the past four years. This year’s event will include more than 22 teams composed of more than 220 students from colleges and universities throughout the country, including American, Amherst, Fordham, Holy Cross, Roger Williams, Rutgers, Seton Hall, the University of Connecticut, the University of Hartford, the University of Massachusetts, Quinnipiac University and Yale.

During mock trial evets, participants are afforded the opportunity to practice and develop their public speaking, oral advocacy, self-confidence and critical and analytical thinking skills. Moreover, the Coast Guard cadets who plan and run the competition itself are provided the challenges associated with hosting a large-scale, multi-day event. In all, the three-day event includes involvement of schools from outside the academy’s traditional athletic conferences and leagues, along with the presence and participation of more than 75 attorneys, sitting judges, and other volunteers from throughout the region who serve as judges and jurors.

The following is a schedule of events for the Fifth Annual Guardian Invitational Mock Trial Competition:

Friday, Oct. 21

3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Registration, lower lounge of Leamy Hall
5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Opening Ceremonies, Leamy Hall
6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Round 1, Satterlee Hall

Saturday, Oct. 22

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Round 2, Satterlee Hall (room 140)
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Round 3, Satterlee Hall (room 140)

Sunday, Oct. 23

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Round 4, Satterlee Hall
1:30 p.m. Lunch and Closing Ceremonies, Leamy Hall Ballroom

Media note: Any members of the media interested in attending any of the events, please contact the Coast Guard Academy Public Affairs Office at 860-444-8270.

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