What are Mock Trials ?
Mock Trials affords the young legal minds of the future the opportunity to express their talents in a real court of law. The students take on the roles of advocates, witnesses, jury members, and courtroom staff. They are given cases to prepare and adapt as they compete against schools for the ultimate prize of a chance to represent Ireland at the World Championships in New York. Please log on to www.empiremocktrial.org
This year our Mock Trial team is made up of 11 talented students, Stephanie Corrigan, Meadhbh Corrigan, Eryn Devine, Aoife Doyle, Eimear Finnegan, Lauren Gaffney, Laura Leonard, Onyinye Ogwude, Niamh Rothwell, Alaoise Scherer, and Aoife Taaffe. Under the tutelage of Ms. Barry & Mr. Daly they worked tirelessly in preparation for this years Irish Mock Trial Competition which was held in March.
The Irish Mock Trial competition in association with Transition Year Public Access to Law Course is the most popular Transition Year competition, outside of sports competitions, in Ireland. Our talented Loreto Balbriggan team managed to battle their way past tough opposition and prove that they are the legal minds of the future by earning their place to represent Ireland amongst the elite in the Empire Mock Trial Competition in New York.
This October our 11 strong team will be travelling to New York along with their teachers Ms. Barry, Mr. Daly, & Ms.O’Neill to represent Ireland at the World Championships. We are extremely proud to be the first Dublin school ever to represent Ireland at this prestigous event.
Our challenge however is raising the necessary finances to support the cost of our team registering for the event and of travelling to and staying in New York for the week of competition. We are hoping to raise €25,000 through fundraising to help to support the overall costs.
We will be posting regular updates with progress on our fundraising & mock trial preparation so please check in for our updates.