{"id":21086,"date":"2021-09-28T14:10:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T19:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=21086"},"modified":"2021-09-28T14:11:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T19:11:22","slug":"uofm-national-trial-team-tryouts-10-4-10-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/uofm-national-trial-team-tryouts-10-4-10-6\/","title":{"rendered":"UofM National Trial Team &#8211; Tryouts (10\/4 &#8211; 10\/6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our National Trial Team will be holding tryouts from Monday, October 4<sup>th<\/sup> through Wednesday, October 6<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/strong>\u00a0 This year the mock trial travel team will be coached by Brigid Welsh, Neighborhood Preservation Clinic staff attorney, with assistance from Shelby County Assistant District Attorneys Ashley Finch and Katie Farley.\u00a0 The National Mock Trial team participates in one of the largest mock trial competitions in the country, the National Trial Competition, which is co-sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Texas Young Lawyers Association.\u00a0 Being a member of this team provides 2Ls and 3Ls a unique opportunity to hone litigation skills and master the rules of evidence in a fun, supportive, yet challenging environment.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re at all interested in the team, we encourage you to tryout.\u00a0 Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Join the TWEN page \u2013 \u201c2021-2022 National Mock Trial Team\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Sign-up for a tryout time slot in \u201cSign-up Sheets\u201d on the TWEN page<\/li>\n<li>Review the case file located in \u201cCourse Materials\u201d on the TWEN page<\/li>\n<li>Draft a brief (approx. 10 minute) closing argument for the side of your choice (Plaintiff or Defense)<\/li>\n<li>Email your resume\u2019 to Brigid Welsh (<a href=\"mailto:brigid.welsh@memphis.edu\">brigid.welsh@memphis.edu<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Come tryout!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you have any questions about the team or tryouts, reach out to Coach Welsh (<a href=\"mailto:brigid.welsh@memphis.edu\">brigid.welsh@memphis.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>*Alternate tryout arrangements can be made, if needed.\u00a0 Contact Brigid Welsh to schedule.\u00a0 The deadline to sign up for a tryout is Friday, October 1<sup>st<\/sup> at 4:30PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our National Trial Team will be holding tryouts from Monday, October 4th through Wednesday, October 6th.\u00a0 This year the mock trial&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mock-trial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21086"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21089,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21086\/revisions\/21089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}