Resources

Comparing Events and Actions Among Mock Trial Witnesses

This graphic organizer can help students look at how different witnesses know, understand, and portray the events and actions within a case. This is also a great tool to build literacy skills of reading across multiple texts. (Download Word version)

Analyzing Mock Trial Witness Statements from Multiple Points of View

This worksheet will help students understand each witness better and having them read deeply into the role the witness plays from the prosecution, defense, and witness points of view. It will also help students enhance their metacognitive knowledge of the witnesses and gain the literacy skill of reading a document from multiple points of view. (Download Word version)

Creating a Witness Profile

This can help students begin to learn who their witnesses are, their personalities, how to portray the character, and their role within their team’s trial strategy. (Download Word version)

Reading and Understanding Witness Statements

This Lesson is created by Mock Trial advisor Robert Browning from Carmel High School. Use  this lesson to help you enhance the skills of our students to read and understand the witness statements in a mock trial case.

Teaching Cross Examination

This lesson is created by Mock Trial Advisor Allison Skertic from Merrillville High School. Use this lesson and the accompanying PowerPoint presentations to help teach cross examination to your students.

PowerPoint: Basics of Cross Examination

PowerPoint: Writing Cross Examination Questions

Full Length Mock Trial

Watch a full length Mock Trial to see the process and procedures involved.

Understanding Direct Examination

Renee Ortega, from ROK Legal Group in Crowne Point, discusses direct examination, its purpose, and tips for having an effective direct examination at trial.

Case Organization and Theme

Judge Melissa May from the Indiana Court of Appeals explains what to keep in mind as teams begin their case organization and creating case theories.

Starting Mock Trial

Two mock trial advisors, Alison Skertic from Merrillville High School and Corbin Mathias from Fishers High School,  share their experiences with what to do at the beginning of the year to start a mock trial team, how to work together as a team, and working with legal advisors.

Role of an Attorney

Learn about the roles attorneys take when preparing for and during a trial from Levy Walsh, deputy prosecuting attorney for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office.