Many lawyers have undergraduate English degrees. Moreover, the focus of the Common Core Standard is workplace skills. The purpose of the mock trials is to have students be able to work and argue coherently in the courtroom.
For our mock trials, students researched famous trials. They pretended to be the accused and presented their case to the judge and jury. After each presentation by the accused, the jury convened and the judge pronounced the verdict, using the information and today's laws.
