The Mock Review with Ben and Drew

Latest Episodes:

Episode 93: The Mock Review is Ending Dec 22, 2023

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Ben and Drew return to your feed to announce that this is the final scheduled episode of The Mock Review, and then discuss this year's case and their general thoughts on AMTA, transparency, and where things go from here.

Episode 92: 2023 Trial by Combat Champion Travis Harper Jul 21, 2023

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Ben and Drew are joined by 2023 Trial by Combat Champion Travis Harper of Harvard Mock Trial. Travis returns to the show to discuss their experience during the 2023 AMTA season, how Harvard handled taking a hybrid A/B team to AMTA Nationals, why Travis decided to return to TBC for a third time, and what it was like to end his college Mock Trial career with a TBC championship.

Episode 91: 2023 Board Meeting Preview Jul 12, 2023

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Drew and Ben discuss the upcoming 2023 AMTA Board Meeting and go through the proposed motions in the agenda. They discuss motions related to increased fees, invention of fact, diversity and inclusion, and some tabled motions that are unlikely to pass.

Episode 90: 2023 Trial by Combat Preview Jun 23, 2023

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Ben and Drew discuss recent events in the AMTA community including the pending announcement of Rookie Rumble, and then break down the 16 competitors in the 2023 Trial by Combat field.

Episode 89: UCLA Wins the National Championship May 19, 2023

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Ben and Drew talk with Michael Blaine and Connor Nickson of UCLA Mock Trial about winning the 2023 National Championship Tournament. Michael and Connor discuss what it is like to compete for such a successful and storied program at UCLA, how their program approached this year's Nationals case, their path through the NCT field and how close we came to a UCLA v UCLA final round, and some of the key moments during the UCLA v Harvard final. Before the interview, Drew and Ben briefly discuss some notes from Nationals, the Trial by Combat play-in tournament, and the status of some of this year's sanctions.

Episode 88: Nationals Analysis Apr 21, 2023

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Drew and Ben discuss the 2023 National Championship Tournament, including Drew's victory in the Mock Review draft, the 2023-24 case teaser, the NCT case balance statistics and reasons for the defense bias, and results from each of the two divisions at Nationals.

Episode 87: Nationals Preview (with Henry Leaman) Apr 13, 2023

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Drew and Ben are joined by Notre Dame coach Henry Leaman to discuss the 2023 AMTA National Championship Tournament. Ben, Drew, and Henry participate in the first-ever Mock Review draft, where each host/guest has five picks and a "dark horse" pick to select who they think will have the strongest performance at this year's NCT.

Episode 86: Skye v Gold (with Sarah Stebbins and Justin Bernstein) Apr 12, 2023

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Ben and Drew are joined by Sarah Stebbins and Justin Bernstein of the UCLA Law Trial Team to discuss Robin Skye v. Aubrey Gold, the 2023 National Championship Tournament case. Sarah and Justin discuss how they settled on the idea for a legal malpractice case, why the UCLA Trial Team ended up writing the case, how the committee approached designing the case and choosing witnesses, and how the case authors considered questions around case balance and invention of fact.

Episode 85: ORCS Analysis, Week Two Mar 24, 2023

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Ben and Drew discuss the two ORCS results in week two and go through some final case balance statistics from Felder v. Koller Campbell Air.

Episode 84: ORCS Analysis, Week One Mar 22, 2023

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Ben and Drew discuss results from the first six 2023 Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS) tournaments.