The Mock Review with Ben and Drew

Latest Episodes…

1. Episode 52: 2021 Trial by Combat Preview (and the 2020-21 season)

   Ben and Drew are joined by Bennett Demsky of Tufts Mock Trial and Riya Lakkaraju of Emory Mock Trial. The first half of the episode is a discussion of each competitor's origin story and why they think Tufts and Emory are such successful programs. The second half is our 2021 ...

   06/23/2021

2. Episode 51: UMBC Mock Trial (with Sydney Gaskins and Thomas Kiley)

   Ben and Drew are joined by Sydney Gaskins and Thomas Kiley of UMBC Mock Trial. Drew takes over interviewing duties as Ben, Sydney and Thomas discuss the journey that was the last four years, how the program overcame some difficult challenges when Sydney and Thomas were freshmen, whether they considered ...

   06/14/2021

3. Episode 50: Nationals Analysis

   Drew Evans is joined by UMBC Head Coach Ben Garmoe to discuss the results of the 2021 AMTA National Championship Tournament. Ben and Drew talk about UMBC's victory, Yale's incredible performance, and the outstanding teams in both divisions at Nationals. ...

   04/21/2021

4. Episode 49: Nationals Preview (with Gurbir Singh)

   Ben and Drew are joined by highly decorated witness Gurbir Singh of Cal Berkeley to break down the NCT field and the prep process, including the challenge of managing burnout and exhaustion this time of year, possible sleeper teams in each division to outperform their TPR, Gurbir's thought on the ...

   04/13/2021

5. Episode 48: Westenmeier v Walton (with Amanda Mundell)

   For our first Nationals preview episode, Amanda Mundell returns to the show. Amanda is a member of the National Championship Tournament Civil Case Committee and she discusses how the case committee selected this topic, why they think the topic is sufficiently compelling and interesting to be used at Nationals, and ...

   04/01/2021