2011 STAC Information
The dates for the 2011 Student Trial Advocacy Competition are as follows:
Regional Competitions: March 3–6, 2011 (locations TBA)
Final Competition: March 31–April 3, 2011 (location TBA)
To register your school, please complete and submit the following form by November 12, 2010: School Registration Form 
Please check back on November 15, 2010 to download the team registration form.
Rules of the 2011 AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition
The competition is open to law schools nationwide. Each law school may enter up to two teams, each team consisting of four law students. PLEASE NOTE that your second team will not be officially registered until one team from each law school has entered the mock trial competition. Then the second team will be registered on a first-come, first-served basis until all the team slots are filled. Teams remaining after the competition is full will be put on a waiting list. If spots open up due to teams dropping out of the competition, those spots will be offered to the waitlisted teams on a first-come, first-served basis. If you register two teams and only one team is able to participate, you will receive a refund for the second team.
Each school may use its own method to select its trial team. However, for a student to be eligible, he or she must be enrolled for a J.D. degree and be a student member of AAJ. Students who graduate in December 2010 are eligible to participate only if the competition counts toward their credits for graduation and they will not be admitted to practice prior to March 2011.
Sixteen (16) teams are assigned to each of fourteen (14) regions. Only the top team from each region will advance to the National Finals.
AAJ's mock trial cases are always civil cases and tend to deal with products liability, personal injury, or medical malpractice/negligence issues. Teams will be judged on their skills in case preparation, opening statements, use of facts, the examination of lay and expert witnesses, and closing arguments. There will be no written exercise.
The winning team will receive free airfare, hotel accommodations, and registration for the 2011 AAJ Annual Convention in New York, July 9–13, 2011. In addition, each member of the winning team will receive a scholarship in the amount of $2000 presented by the Melvin M. Belli Society.
