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Online: Dartmouth Mock Trial

Kicking off their first year online, the Dartmouth Mock Trial Society website demonstrates the combination of skill, preparation and good fun that has made it a leader in the mock trial circle.

DMTS Members - New York Regional - March 2003

As they describe it on the new website:

"We're given facts and a list of witnesses and affidavits (basically what the witnesses saw and what they did) and we prepare both sides of the case based on that information. We play both witnesses and attorneys, literally constructing the whole case and our strategy from scratch."

"Being part of DMTS is both one of the most demanding and one of most rewarding experiences available to students of Dartmouth College. Mock trial is a blend of extemporaneous speaking, acting, and debating, all done within the context of a fictional case, and a courtroom. Most of our teammates have had experience in high school, but many of Dartmouth's stars joined the team with no previous knowledge of mock trial or of legal procedure."

DLA is pleased to be a supporter of the DMTS. Visit their website to find ways you can help, either by organizing a local alum lunch or dinner for them when they are off on one of their wining road trips, or just sending them a check to defer some of their expenses.

Doug Simpson '70
DLA "Webster"