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.
Editor's note: this episode was recorded before the second weekend of ORCS, but Ben didn't finish editing it until now because he was preparing...
Drew and Ben discuss AMTA's decision to hold ORCS and NCT in-person, and break down results from the Regional tournaments in Week 2.
Drexel Law Trial Competition Director Phil Pasquarello joins the show for a wide-ranging discussion on Mock Trial and the 2022 Trial by Combat competition....