2019 high school mock trials
volunteer judges
and
free CLE

The 2019 Central Illinois High School Mock Trial is sponsored by the MCBA Mock Trial Committee and in cooperation with the ISBA Committee on Law Related Education for the Public & the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Trial Courts. This year's tournament will be held on Tuesday, February 12 2019.  The rounds begin at 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 2:00 p.m. 

​The Mock Trial tournament will be held in 3rd, 4th and 5th floor courtrooms of the Law & Justice Center located at 104 W. Front Street, Bloomington, Illinois.

There is an important note that this year it is imperative to monitor the round time closely so that each team has an equal chance.

A free (1 hour general CLE credit) will be offered over the lunch time for all of the volunteer judges. Please see more information below. A continental breakfast from 8:30 - 9:15 and lunch from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. will be provided at no charge for all volunteer judges. 

​Please see more information and registration below. Please register by February 4, 2019.  

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mock trial rounds and judge schedule needs

Round 1   9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Judges will be assigned to rounds once applications are received.  You will be notified when you have been assigned as a judge and of which rounds you will judge.  

Round 2 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Judges will be assigned to rounds once applications are received.  You will be notified when you have been assigned as a judge and of which rounds you will judge.  ​

Round 3  2:00 p.m. -  3:15 p.m.
Judges will be assigned to rounds once applications are received.  You will be notified when you have been assigned as a judge and of which rounds you will judge.  ​

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Awards announced from 3:45 p.m. - 400 p.m.

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Time limits are imperative to the success of this program.

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mock trial forms and information

• 2019 MCBA-ISBA Regional Mock Trial Agenda
• ISBA Mock Trial Website Resources - Problem, exhibits, handbook and additional resources here.​
• 2019 Rules Summary
• Evaluator Score Sheet
• Presiding Score Sheet
• Time Sheet 2019
• Illinois Mock Trial Invitational in March
• Judges' Questionnaire
• ​Certificate of Participation 

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cle information

Section 1983: Litigating Constitutional Rights
Presented by
Mr. Thomas McClure JD, MS
Director of Legal Studies & Associate Professor - Illinois State University
​[1 hour general CLE credit - approved]

Please join the McLean County Bar Association for a presentation on Section 1983. Mr. Thomas McClure, J.D., M.S. will be leading this one hour CLE on the statutory cause of action used to seek relief for violations of federal constitutional rights. Victims of excessive force often file §1983 actions against police officers. Other litigants have relied on this cause of action to challenge state laws and local ordinances on constitutional grounds. For example, several Minnesota voters successfully brought a §1983 suit in which they made a First Amendment challenge to a law forbidding persons from wearing clothing promoting political issues when they are at the polls.

Thomas McClure is the Director of Legal Studies and an associate professor of Politics and Government at Illinois State University. Prior to entering academia as a full-time professor, he served as a judicial law clerk for the Illinois Appellate Court for two years and engaged in the private practice of law for 26 years. He has earned the top Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV and has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer six times.  He is co-author of Fundamentals of Criminal Practice, a paralegal education textbook, as well as book chapters and articles published in law reviews and peer-reviewed journals. As an educator, he has won several teaching awards as well as being recognized multiple times for having made an impact on his students.

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This CLE is provided at no charge as a sincere appreciation to those generous volunteers who make these high school mock trials possible.
 
This is subsidized by the McLean County Bar Association Mock Trial Committee.

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