The Missouri High School Mock Trial Competition was founded by The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) in 1979 and is BAMSL's longest-running program. The competition is financially supported by the Saint Louis Bar Foundation and the Missouri Lawyer Trust Account Foundation with program support from the Lawyers Association of Kansas City Young Lawyers Section and the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association.
The mock trials are structured like real courtroom trials and follow similar rules and procedures. Students learn first-hand how the legal system works and what role judges, lawyers, juries, and witnesses play in the court system. This increased understanding helps students develop a deeper appreciation for our justice system and the administration of justice. The competition also helps students develop and improve their public speaking and critical thinking skills.
As BAMSL's only statewide Law-Related Education program, the Missouri High School Mock Trial Competition annually serves more than 500 students from more than 40 schools throughout Missouri and is supported by up to 400 attorneys who volunteer as coaches, judges, and evaluators. The school that wins the Missouri State Championship has the opportunity to represent the State of Missouri at the National High School Mock Trial Competition.
How to Start a Team Info Sheet
For additional information or to volunteer…
Contact Danny Barnett-Foster, Esq.
BAMSL's Assistant Executive Director
2023-2024 Season
- Important Dates
- October 16, 2023
Team Registration Opens
Register Now - October 16, 2023
Case Packet Released - October 17, 2023 @ 5 p.m.
Pre-Season Listening Session
Kansas City & Ozark Regions
Recording - October 19, 2023 @ 5 p.m.
Pre-Season Listening Session
St. Louis Region
Recording - December 15, 2023 @ 5 p.m.
Team Registration Closes - January 8, 2024
Deadline for payment of team registration fees - March 22-24, 2024
State Championship (St. Charles, MO) - May 2-5, 2024
2024 National Championship (Wilmington, DE) - 2025 National Championship (Arizona)
- 2026 National Championship (Iowa)
- Contacts
- State Coordinator & St. Louis Region
Danny Barnett-Foster, Esq.
dbarnett@bamsl.org
314-485-3803 - Kansas City Region
Danielle Atchison
datchison@uslegalimmigration.com
Jordan May
jmay@sb-kc.com
Bryce Slaughter
bryce@kcimmigrationlaw.com - Out-State Region
TBD - Springfield Region
Crista Hogan
Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association
chogan@springfieldbar.com
- Case Information
- Case Teaser
C.W. McCall had been driving a big rig for over thirty years. Driving north on US-54 with a load bound for Kingdom City MO, C.W. crests a hill only to find the road blocked by a trailer carrying hogs to a concentrated animal feeding operation. “Sooowwweee!” go the piggies, flying off into the night as C.W.'s 53-foot semi-tractor runs into the side of the wayward trailer. After the dust clears, C.W.'s passenger shakes off the cobwebs enough to check on the other driver…except there isn't one. No driver, no driver's seat, no steering wheel, just a red dot blinking over and over on the dashboard. Who is to blame for projecting the poor piggies prior to their appearance at the pork purveyor's premises? Find out in Charlie W. McCall v. Flynet AI Systems Trucking Corporation d/b/a FASTCorp. (No pigs were harmed in the making of this problem.) - 2024 Case Packet
Revised 1/29/2024 - The Paige Notes
Evidentiary IN's and OUT's
- Kansas City Region
- Preliminary Rounds: January 30 & February 1
Regionals: February 20 & February 22 - Eastern Jackson County Courthouse
308 W Kansas Ave
Independence, MO 64050 - 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
- Volunteer Sign-Up
- Springfield Region
- February 20, 22, and 27
- Evangel University
- 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
- Volunteer Sign-Up
- St. Louis Region
- Preliminary Round 1: January 18 & January 23 (make-up from January 16)
Preliminary Round 2: February 13 & February 15
Regionals: March 5 & March 7 - St. Louis County Circuit Court
105 S Central Ave
Saint Louis, MO 63105 - Team arrival: 5 p.m.
Volunteer arrival: 5:30 p.m.
Trials begin: 6 p.m. - Volunteer Sign-Up
- State Championship
- March 22 – 24
- St. Charles County Courthouse
300 North Second Street
Saint Charles, MO 63301 - Count of Schools Advancing:
Kansas City - 4
Springfield - 3
St. Louis - 9 - Volunteer Sign-Up