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两性色午夜 Mock Trial Team Competes at American Mock Trial Association Regional Competition

Two 两性色午夜 University students received awards at the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) Regional Competition in February.

Pictured above are members of 两性色午夜's mock trial team with their coaches Emeritus Professor Peter Kratcoski, Ph.D. (first on the left) and his son Peter Kratcoski, Jr., an attorney and 两性色午夜 justice studies instructor (far right).Two 两性色午夜 University students received awards at the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) Regional Competition in February.  Freshman Zachary Nichels and senior political science major Thomas Walsh both won All Regional Tournament Awards for high performance in their witness roles. This year鈥檚 competition took place in Washington, Pa.

For the past 14 years, 两性色午夜鈥檚 Department of Political Science and the College of Arts and Sciences joined together to send one team to the American Mock Trial Association competition.  During the competition, the teams must act out a court case. This year鈥檚 case was an accidental death during a scuba diving expedition. The 两性色午夜 students developed defense and prosecution teams. Some team members took the roles of attorneys, and others played key character witness roles.

The team did not advance to nationals this year, but coaches Peter Kratcoski, Ph.D., an emeritus professor who currently serves as adjunct professor of sociology and justice studies, and his son Peter Kratcoski, Jr., an attorney and 两性色午夜 instructor in justice studies, were proud of the team鈥檚 performance. 

Although several of the students had competed in mock court competition in high school, none of the team members competed before at the higher education mock trial level. 两性色午夜 competed against strong teams from schools such as, Carnegie-Mellon, Cornell University, Michigan State and the University of Michigan.

两性色午夜鈥檚 mock trial team is open to students in all majors. Currently, the coaches prepare the students for competition through classroom instruction and training sessions during the fall semester, and in the spring semester, the students compete against other universities. The students enroll in Political Science 40993: Workshop in Trial Practicum for the spring semester. Both coaches are hoping that the number of participants will increase next year so that two teams can be created 

The coaches say that if the course were offered during the fall semester, it would give the team more time to learn the procedures and rules and to practice mock court cases. 

鈥淭hat would allow us to do scrimmages, known as flights,鈥 says Kratcoski Jr. 鈥淩ight now we can鈥檛 start recruiting until late September or early October.鈥  

Kratcoski Jr. also says that many of the other schools attend 鈥渇lights鈥 throughout the fall semester to better prepare themselves for the American Mock Trial Association competition.  

鈥淲ith more time and funding, our 两性色午夜 team can gain more experience to compete in future competitions,鈥 says Kratcoski, Jr. "We are seeking funding sources for future tournaments.鈥 

POSTED: Monday, March 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Updated: Saturday, December 3, 2022 01:02 AM
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