The Mock Review with Ben and Drew

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Episode 83: Regionals Analysis, Week Four Mar 03, 2023

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Ben and Drew discuss the ORCS case changes, the post-Regionals case balance memorandum, and the state of the open bid list. Then, Ben and Drew go through results from the nine Regionals in week four.

Episode 82: Regionals Analysis, Week Three Feb 24, 2023

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Drew and Ben discuss the eleven Regionals in week three (not twelve like we say multiple times on the show) and talk through some of the implications of the current state of the open bid list.

Episode 81: Regionals Analysis, Week Two Feb 17, 2023

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Drew and Ben discuss the recent results from Drew's TYLA National Trial Competition Regional, where his Tulane Law team advanced to Nationals. Then Ben and Drew go through the three AMTA Regional tournaments held in week two.

Episode 80: Regionals Analysis, Week One Feb 10, 2023

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Drew and Ben discuss results from the nine AMTA Regional tournaments in week one.

Episode 79: January Invites + California Funding Challenges Jan 27, 2023

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Ben and Drew are joined by Melissa Toussimehr of Cal Poly SLO Mock Trial to discuss California AB 1887, which restricts using state funds for travel to states with discriminatory laws. Melissa discusses how this has impacted her program and how it will make travel difficult if they advance to Nationals. Then Drew and Ben break down several January invitationals, including Great Chicago Fire, Ramblin' Wreck, Beach Party, and UCLASSIC.

Episode 78: Case Changes + Final Fall Results Dec 23, 2022

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Ben and Drew round out the fall invitational season by discussing the results at CUBAIT and Yale, and then discuss the December case changes and the CIC invention advisory opinions released with case changes.

Episode 77: More Fall Results + Case Balance Dec 02, 2022

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Drew and Ben go through recent invitational tab summaries from around the country, including GAMTI results and several other tournaments, and pick out a few teams they've noticed this fall. Ben and Drew also discuss some early case balance numbers, and talk about the Regionals assignments that were recently released by AMTA.

Episode 76: Fall Too Well, Mock Version (with Ben Wallace) Nov 18, 2022

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Ben and Drew are joined by Ben Wallace of South Carolina Mock Trial to discuss results from the Fall 2022 invitational season. Ben, Drew, and Ben go through results from the South, Northeast, Midwest, and West, and discuss which teams are starting strong and standing out so far.

Episode 75: Looking Back at 75 Episodes Nov 14, 2022

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For the 75th episode of The Mock Review, Ben and Drew welcome two special guests to look back at the last 4+ years. Jordan McGuffee of Haverford Mock Trial and Thomas Azari of UMBC Mock Trial join for this episode to turn the mics around and interview Ben and Drew. You'll hear about Drew's origin story at Haverford, Ben's time as a competitor at UMBC, Ben and Drew's favorite episodes and dream guests, and where they see the podcast going from here.

Episode 74: Civil Case Chairs Elise Wilson & Sam Jahangir Oct 07, 2022

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Drew and Ben are joined by Civil Case Committee Co-Chairs Elise Wilson and Sam Jahangir to discuss the 2022-23 AMTA case, Felder v. Koller Campbell Air. Elise and Sam talk about the inspiration for this year's case, how they worked together as co-chairs, how they decided on certain issues like expert witnesses and affirmative defenses, and how they each approach the challenge of writing a balanced case.

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