The Elon University Mock Trial Program is pleased to announce that the 4th Annual Carolina Classic Invitational Tournament, sponsored by the Elon University School of Law, will be held on October 15-17, 2010 in Elon, North Carolina.

The Carolina Classic will be held in the state-of-the-art Koury Business Center on the campus of Elon University. Teams should plan on arriving by 5:30 PM on Friday. One round will be held Friday evening, two rounds will be held on Saturday and one round on Sunday. The tournament will conclude with an awards ceremony on Elon’s Campus by 1:30 on Sunday. Through the support of the Elon School of Law and the Greensboro legal community we do not expect that we will need any coach-judges.

The registration fee for this year’s tournament will be $150. All teams who wish to attend must register in full by September 17, 2010. However, due to early interest, we expect the field will be full long before this date. In the spirit of the Carolina Classic’s “Service First” motto, the tournament will be providing lunch to all participants and coaches on Saturday and Sunday.

If you have any questions or would like to inquire about attendance, feel free to visit our website http://org.elon.edu/mocktrial/invitational.htm or contact the Tournament Coordinators at mocktrial@elon.edu for more information.

The United States Coast Guard Academy Mock Trial Team is honored to announce the 4th Annual Guardian Invitational to be held on October 15-17, 2010 on the Academy grounds in New London, CT.

The tournament will consist of four rounds one on Friday evening, two on Saturday (morning and afternoon) and one on Sunday morning. There is a 20 team limit for this invitational, so reserve your spot soon! The registration fee for the 2010 Guardian Invitational is $125 for the first team and $75 for the second team from a participating school if received before September 15, 2010; Registration received after September 15th will be $150. Rooms are available at the New London Radisson for a discounted rate if you mention Coast Guard Academy Mock Trial.

Please contact 2/c Cadet (Second Class Cadet) Andrew Gavelek at andrew.d.gavelek@uscga.edu or LCDR Russ Bowman at russell.e.bowman@uscga.edu or 860-444-8383 if you have any questions or if you would like a registration form and tentative schedule. We hope to see you in October!

The Battle for the Gavel continues at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. The 3rd Annual Twin Cities Invitational will be a three day tournament beginning the evening of October 15, 2010, and will conclude October 17. The 15th, 16th, and 17th will hold one, two, and one rounds of competition respectively.

As usual the University of Minnesota will host the TC Invitational in the buildings of Hanson Hall and the Mondale School of Law. To keep in the spirit of “the Battle for the Gavel” the TC Invitational trophy will, from this year on, be a traveling trophy. In order to defend their prize, the winning team of the three foot gavel will be invited back to the invitational of the following year with free admission to the tournament.

Register quickly so we can save your teams a spot. The tournament registration fee will be $100 for every team in attendance. Checks must be made payable to U of M Undergraduate Mock Trial and submitted prior to October 1st. All fees must be mailed to:

Undergraduate Mock Trial Association

300 Washington Avenue, S.E.

126 Coffman Union

Minneapolis, MN 55455

If you have any questions about the invitational or would like to register your school for competition you should contact Joshua Martinson at mart1553@umn.edu.

Kennesaw State University’s Mock Trial program is pleased to announce its 2nd Annual Owl Classic Invitational. This one-day, two-round tournament will be held on Saturday, October 16 on the KSU campus, located in Atlanta’s northwest suburbs. Registration will be limited to 12 teams. The Owl Classic represents a valuable early-season opportunity for both novice and veteran teams to get better acquainted with the 2010-2011 AMTA case. Attorneys and law students from metro Atlanta will serve as judges. Entry fee is $50 per team. To reserve your team’s spot in the tournament, please e-mail Dr. Elizabeth Gordon at egordon@kennesaw.edu.

Saint Olaf College is pleased to announce the Second Annual Ole Open! This two-day, four-round tournament will take place Saturday and Sunday, October 23-24th, 2010, with two rounds Saturday and two rounds Sunday. The Ole Open will be held in the newly constructed Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences on the scenic, 200 acre campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN.

Registration fees for the tournament will be $100 per team for teams registering BEFORE October 1st. A $50 non-refundable deposit must be sent to St. Olaf Mock Trial at 1500 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057 by October 1st in order to qualify for early registration (with the remainder due at the beginning of the tournament). Checks should be made payable to St. Olaf Mock Trial. Late registrants will pay $130 per team. Teams are required to provide a scoring judge for each round, and teams unable to do so will be assessed an additional $50 fee. To register or for any other information, contact Katherine Burggraaf/Peter Engstrand, Tournament Co-Directors, at oleopen@stolaf.edu. Register early to reserve your spot!

PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE!

Quincy University's Political Science and Pre-Law Program announces its 7th Annual Mock Trial Invitational to be held at the Adams County Courthouse, Saturday, October 23, 2010. This is a two-round, one-day tournament. It provides an excellent opportunity to assess your team early in the season with a minimal investment in time and money.

This invitational is limited to 16 teams. Trials will be held in the Adams County Courthouse and judged by 8th Judicial Circuit and Associate Judges as well as practicing trial attorneys. Entry fee is $65 per team. To reserve your spot in this unique tournament please e-mail Dr. Brian Borlas at borlas@att.net.

The Washington & Jefferson College Mock Trial Association will be hosting our first ever Founding Fathers Invitational Saturday, October 23rd through Sunday, October 24th. All four rounds will take place at the Washington County Courthouse in Washington, PA. There will be two rounds Saturday and two rounds on Sunday followed by an awards ceremony.

Invitations have been sent out but there are still spots available.

The early registration fee is $100 for the first team and $50 for the second team if you register before September 10th. After our early registration period ends, the price will be $100 per team. Please note that there will be limited space for second teams, so their registration is on a first come, first serve basis.

Through the generous support of the Washington County Bar Association, we do not anticipate the need for coach-judges.

If you have any questions or would like a registration packet, please contact our Tournament Director at MockTrial@washjeff.edu.

Case Western Reserve University, located in Cleveland, OH, is hosting the 3rd annual Spartan Throwdown Invitational. The invitational will be four rounds, with two rounds on Saturday, Oct. 23, and two rounds on Sunday, Oct. 24. The Spartan Throwdown will take place at the Justice Center Complex in downtown Cleveland, while opening and closing ceremonies will be held at the Renaissance Hotel. Accommodations will also be available for a discounted rate of $90/night at the Renaissance Hotel for the tournament. Teams can fly into Cleveland and take the train straight to the Renaissance which is within walking distance of the Justice Center Complex. We are expecting between 30 and 40 teams, and spots are available on a first come, first serve basis. Registration will be $125 for teams and each team will be expected to provide a scoring judge. Teams that do not provide a scoring judge will have an increased registration fee.

If you are interested in registering for the Spartan Throwdown, please contact tournament director Abigail Pink at amp89@case.edu.

The Westminster College Mock Trial team is pleased to announce the First Annual Salt Lake City Showdown, which will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 29-31, 2010. The tournament will be four rounds, one Friday night, two on Saturday, and one round and awards ceremony on Sunday. The tournament will be held at the Westminster College campus in Salt Lake City, UT. The registration fee is $110. Teams are encouraged to bring a scoring judge with them. We look forward to hosting a spirited group of competitors from the surrounding areas and all over the nation.

For more information, please contact Teysha Dougherty tmd0411@westminstercollege.edu or Mike Scott mscott@westminstercollege.edu or this email.

The Cornell College Mock Trial team is proud to announce that it will once again host the Marcus Pohlmann Invitational on October 30 and 31 at our picturesque campus in Mount Vernon, Iowa. The registration fee is $125 per team. Each team will be required to bring at least one scoring judge. This will be a two-day, four round tournament, with two rounds on Saturday and two on Sunday. All teams who wish to attend should register by September 30, 2010. Due to space constraints, the field of teams will be limited so teams should register early.

The Eastern Iowa Airport is conveniently located less than twenty minutes from campus and there are plenty of reasonable hotel accommodations in both Mount Vernon and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a short twenty minute drive away.

To register, or for more information, contact Abbe Stensland, tournament director, at astensland@cornellcollege.edu.

Brandeis University is pleased to announce that the 5th Annual Justice Louis Brandeis Invitational Tournament will be held on the weekend of Saturday, October 30 - Sunday, October 31, 2010. All four rounds will be held on the Brandeis campus, with two trials on Saturday and two trials on Sunday, followed by an awards ceremony.

We ask that each team bring a coach or otherwise qualified individual to judge. The registration fee for this year’s tournament will be $90 for teams with a judge, $100 for teams without if team registration is received before Friday, October 1, and a blanket fee of $110 anytime thereafter. All teams who wish to attend must register by Friday, October 15, 2010. A two team per school cap has been instituted in order to ease pairing considerations. For more information or to register, please contact Brian Boyd, Tournament Director, Brandeis Mock Trial Association at btboyd90@gmail.com.

The University of Miami is hosting its 2nd Annual Hurricane Invitational in Coral Gables, FL on Halloween Weekend 2010. The University of Miami is located in Coral Gables, FL; in the middle of Miami-Dade County and just minutes from South Beach, Miami International Airport and all other relevant destinations. The tournament will take place at the University of Miami School of Business and spots will be given away on a first come, first served basis. The field is again expected to be competitive and composed of teams from across the country. The schedule will include a later than normal start time for round 1, allowing those teams which arrive early to enjoy the City of Miami prior to competition commencing. Registration costs will be $125 for those teams that provide a judge and $175 for those who do not. We will be working with local hotels to provide a group rate, and should be able to secure quality lodging near the University for under $100/night.

If you have any questions, or want to register, please contact Don Donelson, ddonelson@miami.edu.

Macalester College, located in scenic St. Paul, Minnesota, will host a four-round invitational on November 5-7. There will be one round on Friday evening with registration taking place between 5-6 p.m. in the Fine Arts Lounge of the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center. There will be two rounds on Saturday and one round on Sunday morning. The awards ceremony should conclude by 1:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. The tournament will be limited to 60 teams. Registration fees for the tournament will be $100 per team and each team is required to provide a scoring judge. If you are not going to be able to bring a judge, I need to know that before Labor Day. Teams that do not provide scoring judges will be assessed an additional fee. To register for the tournament, contact Dick Lesicko, Director of Forensics, Macalester College at lesicko@macalester.edu. Phone: 651-696-6715.

Illinois State University will be hosting a four-round invitational mock trial tournament on November 5-6, 2010. All trials will be conducted at the McLean County Law & Justice Center in downtown Bloomington. For further information go to: http://www.politicsandgovernment.ilstu.edu/current/student_orgs/TournamentInfo.htm or email Tom McClure, Tournament Director at temcclu@ilstu.edu

Colgate University is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our second annual four-round invitational this fall, November 6th and 7th, with two rounds on each day. All trials will take place on the Colgate University campus in Hamilton, New York.

We ask that each team provide a judge. The registration fee will be $100 per team and $150 for any team that does not provide a judge. To register or for any information, please contact Rachel Feinstein, rfeinstein@students.colgate.edu.

Our tournament is limited to 24 teams. Please register early to ensure your space.

** THIS TOURNAMENT IS NOW FULL **

Please join us for the Sixth Annual Billiken Barrister Tournament at Saint Louis University on November 6th, 2010. This year’s tournament will be a

one-day, two round competitions held in the courtrooms of the new Thomas Eagleton Federal Courthouse in downtown Saint Louis. Competition will be limited to 16 teams. Registration will be closed when this limit is met or by October 8th, 2010 whichever comes first. The registration fee is $110.00 per team, but teams that register on or before September 17, 2010, will receive a $10.00 discount for each team registered. Please email Kelley McCottrell at mccottkm@slu.edu for a registration form. Completed registration forms must be mailed to Kelley McCottrell, Pre Law Program Administrative Secretary, 3700 Lindell Blvd., Morrissey Hall, Room 250A, St. Louis, MO 63108-3478. Please make your checks payable to “Saint Louis University Pre-Law Program”. Schools are required to bring one judge per team who is available to judge all rounds and registration is not complete without providing the name of the judge on the registration form. Additional information regarding directions to SLU campus, lodging, and restaurant options will be sent to the teams as they register.

The University of Florida Mock Trial Team is pleased to announce their 1st Annual Growlin Gator Invitational Tournament. The tournament will take place on November 6-7, 2010 at the Levin College of Law in Gainesville, FL.

This tournament will be a great way to compete against some of the best mock trial teams in the Southeast. Local attorneys, judges, and law school professors in the surrounding Gainesville community will serve as judges. There will be a total of four rounds of competition; two rounds on Saturday, November 6th, and two on Sunday, November 7th. The weekend will conclude with an awards ceremony that Sunday evening.

The registration fee is $125. If your school is interested in attending our 1st Annual Growlin Gator Invitational, please respond to this invitation no later than September 6, 2010. Teams must be registered in full by September 20, 2010.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us at sierra05@ufl.edu.

Mock Trial at the University of Arizona is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Great Sonoran Showdown Invitational. The tournament will be held at the Pima County Superior Courthouse in historic downtown Tucson, Arizona from Saturday Nov. 6 - Sunday Nov. 7, 2010. The opening and closing ceremonies will be held in the Starlight Ballroom at the Hotel Arizona right across the street from courthouse. This is a two day four round tournament and is limited to 24 teams.

The registration fee is $150 per team and is due by October 1st, 2010. If you have any questions feel free to contact our tournament director Elizabeth Robertson at elizr@email.arizona.edu.

Middle Tennessee State University will host its 21st Annual Mid-South Invitational Tournament on Friday, November 12 and Saturday, November 13, 2010. The tournament will consist of four rounds, two on Friday and two on Saturday. Registration is $90.00 per team if received by October 15, 2010. Late registrants will pay $100.00. We require that you bring one judge per competing team. If you want to get on the mailing list or need to update your school’s contact information, please email pdavis@mtsu.edu or jvile@mtsu.edu.

The University of Pennsylvania Mock Trial program is proud to announce that the Eighth Annual Quaker Classic Tournament will take place in Philadelphia on November 12th and 13th. There will be four rounds: two on Friday afternoon and two on Saturday. We are looking to expand the field from last year: email Tournament Director Jay Friedel at QuakerClassic@pennmocktrial.com to request invitations or if you have any questions. The registration fee is $155/team, and schools requesting more than two spots are being dealt with on a case by case basis. Additional details will be posted on our website at www.pennmocktrial.com as they become available.

ATTENDANCE AT STEEL CITY IS BY INVITATION ONLY

The University of Pittsburgh Mock Trial Team will host the fifth annual Steel City Invitational over the weekend of November 13-14, 2010. The tournament will be comprised of two rounds on Saturday and two on Sunday, with all rounds taking place in the historic Cathedral of Learning and the newly renovated William Pitt Union. There will be a reception held on Friday evening before the tournament begins for those teams arriving early.

Registration for this year’s tournament is $115 per team if received before September 10, 2010. Teams registering after September 10, 2010 will incur an additional $50 late fee. If you have any questions, please email Angeline Noel at pittmocktrial@gmail.com.

Tufts University is pleased to announce the Third Annual Mumbo Jumbo Invitational is being held on November 13 and 14, 2010. There will be two trials on Saturday and two on Sunday, all taking place on the Tufts University campus in Medford, MA (right outside of Boston).

The fee for the tournament is $150 per team. The tournament fee will be reduced to $75 dollars a team if you bring a non-competing judge (attorney, coach, mock trial alumni).

To register or for more information, please contact Tournament Director Geoff Lerner at mumbojumbo@tuftsmocktrial.org.

The Lewis University Mock Trial Program is pleased to announce the 4th Annual Fantastic Flyers Tournament, which will be held at the Lewis University Graduate Campus in Oak Brook, Illinois. This will be a 22-team tournament.

The twenty-two team tournament will consist of four (4) rounds, two (2) on Saturday, November 13th and two (2) on Sunday, November 14th, with awards ceremony following the last round.

Teams should arrive at 8:00 am on Saturday. The location of the Oak Brook Campus can be found on the Lewis University website, www.lewisu.edu. There is parking, but it is welcomed if the teams limit the number of vehicles by transporting in groups. Each school is limited to two teams. To register, please e-mail Dr. James Houlihan at houlihja@lewisu.edu your school name, AMTA team numbers, number of teams, team members and the name and cell phone number of the contact person on the day of the tournament. If you are interested in competing or would like to have your team placed on the wait list, please contact Dr. Houlihan. As of August 15th, the tournament is half-full. Teams will be placed on a wait list, pending responses from invitations. Any questions or for further information, Dr. Houlihan can be reached at the above email or by phone 815-836-5313.

Hosted by the University of Massachusetts, 2010's Thanksgiving Classic will be held November 19-21 on the Amherst, MA campus with hotel rooms and restaurants available in the same building as the tournament. One round Friday evening, two rounds Saturday, and one Sunday. Registration is $100.00 per team if received by October 1, 2010. We ask that your program either bring at least 1 judge or add a $20.00 fee per team registered to defray the cost of paying judges. For more information or to request an invite, contact Adam Maidman at thanksgivingmocktrial@gmail.com.

The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and Collin College are pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 2010 D/FW Invitational Mock Trial Tournament on the weekend of November 19-21, 2010, on the UTD campus.

The tournament will consist of one round on Friday, November 19; two rounds on Saturday, November 20; and one round on Sunday, November 21. Teams should plan to arrive no later than 4:30 pm on Friday, and the awards ceremony should be concluded by 3:00 pm on Sunday.

The registration fee for the tournament is $75 per team. Each team will be required to make a coach or another scoring judge available for each round, and registration is not complete without the name of the person available to judge.

Space is limited to 16 teams. To register, please contact Bob Franklin at rfranklin@collin.edu. Questions may be directed to Mr. Franklin or to Michael Gunnin at mgunnin@utdallas.edu.

UC Irvine's mock trial team is hosting its 2010 Beach Party Invitational on November 20-21 (Saturday and Sunday). The tournament will use the bracket pairing structure explained on our website (www.irvinemocktrial.com) and we will have a Saturday night beach barbecue for all competing teams. The bracket structure requires all participating schools to bring exactly two teams. Interested teams should contact head coach Justin Bernstein (irvine.coach@gmail.com).

The University at Buffalo will be hosting a four round tournament on November 20th and 21st, 2010. There will be two rounds on Saturday and two on Sunday, with all rounds taking place on our North Campus in Amherst, NY.

This year’s registration fee is $125 per team. This fee will be reduced to $100 for teams that can provide a qualified judge (coaches and practicing attorneys or judges).

Teams interested in competing can contact Kim Stone at klstone2@buffalo.edu.

Macalester College will host a small, four-round invitational on December 4-5. There will be three rounds on Saturday and one round on Sunday morning. The awards ceremony should conclude by 1:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. The tournament will be limited to 30 teams. Registration fees for the tournament will be $100 per team and each team is required to bring a scoring judge. There will be no exceptions to the rule that each team must provide a scoring judge. To register for the December tournament, contact Dick Lesicko, Director of Forensics, Macalester College at lesicko@macalester.edu. Phone: 651-696-6715.

The Yale Mock Trial Association is pleased to announce the 15th Annual Yale Invitational to be held on December 4th-5th, 2010 on our campus in New Haven, CT.

For the last 15 years, the Yale Invitational has been one of the most competitive tournaments in the country, featuring many teams that competed at the AMTA National Championship, including the 2010 champion and runner-up, NYU and Harvard. This year's tournament will continue many of the greatest strengths of last year's. In 2009, 35 of the 40 teams at our invitational came from programs that went to ORCS. 17 of those teams came from programs that went to the National Championship Tournament. We're also planning on recruiting three-judge attorney panels so that no coaches are required for judging. The tournament will have 48 teams split into two divisions, like the AMTA National Championship.

The registration fee for the 2010 Yale Invitational is $150 per team. More information about the tournament will be posted at www.yale.edu/mocktrial as it becomes available. If you have any questions or would like to register for the tournament, please contact Amarto Bhattacharyya at amarto.bhattacharyya@yale.edu.

University of Washington Mock Trial is thrilled to announce the first Emerald City Open, ECO 2010. Rounds 1 and 2 will take place on Saturday, December 4, with Rounds 3 and 4 on Sunday, December 5. All rounds and ceremonies will be held at the University of Washington School of Law, William H. Gates Hall. We'll be able to accommodate between 18 and 22 teams in this facility.

Registration is $125 per team, due by November 5. Late registrants will be charged an additional $25. If you have any additional questions, please contact Tournament Director Taylor Larson at uwmt@uw.edu, or check our tournament website at http://students.washington.edu/uwmt/tournament.html.

Washington University in St. Louis is excited to announce this year's Arch Invitational Mock Trial Tournament. This two-day tournament will take place on the beautiful Washington University campus Saturday, December 4 and Sunday, December 5, 2010. All events including Opening Ceremony, Trials, and Closing Ceremony will be conveniently located on our suburban campus. We are looking forward to four excellent rounds of competition. Registration is $130 per team if received by October 15. Registration will be $175 for teams after October 15. While we will certainly recruit area judges, given the possibility of Washington U. hosting an AMTA post-season tournament, we kindly ask that each competing team provide one judge. Invitations will be sent to teams in late June. Please email Brandon Harper at Brandon.Harper@washumocktrial.org if you are interested in the Arch Invitational.

Ohio Northern is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the Fifth Annual Polar Bear Invitational Mock Trial Tournament on the weekend of January 15-16, 2011.

The Polar Bear Invitational Tournament is a four-round, two-day tournament and all rounds will be held on the Ohio Northern University campus. The tournament is limited to the first 32 teams who register and there is a cap of two teams per university. The registration fee for the tournament remains at $125 per team and Ohio Northern will provide lunch on Sunday of the tournament. An awards ceremony will follow the completion of the fourth round. Awards will be given to the top ten attorneys and witnesses and the top seven teams.

For a registration form or more information regarding the tournament please contact Dr. Jo Ann Scott at either (419) 772-2091 or via email at j-scott@onu.edu.

The Vanderbilt University Mock Trial Organization will be hosting the third annual Commodore Classic on January 22nd and 23rd in Nashville, TN. This invitational will be four rounds with two on Saturday and two on Sunday. The first round will be paired using a challenge system, and the order of challenges will be drawn at the opening ceremony. The fourth round will be paired using the championship pairing system.

The field is limited to 24 teams, and the registration fee is $115 per team due by November 1st. Contact Neelam Mohammed and Hannah Wigger at vumocktrial@gmail.com for registration information or if you have any questions.

The Illini Invitational will be held from January 22-23, 2011 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Priority registration will be given to teams that received a bid to ORCS and Nationals, the remaining spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please feel free to contact Elise at harmeni1@illinois.edu. We hope to see you there!

Cornell University is pleased to announce that the seventh annual Big Red Invitational Classic will take place on January 29-30, 2011 in Ithaca, New York. This will be a four round tournament with two rounds taking place on Saturday and two rounds taking place on Sunday, with all rounds taking place in Cornell Law School and surrounding buildings. Registration for this year’s tournament will be $125 per team with a late charge of $150 being applied after (November 28, 2010). For more information about this tournament please contact Kyle Peters by email at kcp34@cornell.edu.

The University of Miami is hosting the 5th Annual SOBEIT January 29th and 30th of 2011. This will be the second year that the tournament takes place in Miami, FL, after its first three years in Winston-Salem, NC as the DDIT. This tournament is by invitation only. Invitations have not yet been sent and will go out no later than the first week of July 2010. For information, contact Don Donelson at ddonelson@miami.edu.