Drew and Ben are joined by Dan Peale of UVA Mock Trial for a discussion on his time at Virginia, the emotion of two consecutive second place finishes at NCT, his experience at Trial by Combat, and how he and his team are preparing for the first-ever One Last Time Tournament. Then Ben and Drew break down the OLT field and talk about some of the unique challenges they think competitors and teams will face in an online format. ...
Drew and Ben are joined by Empire Mock Trial Executive Director Justin Matarrese and Director of Competition Operations Viran Weerasekera to discuss the history and mission of Empire Mock Trial, how Viran designed PROcess (the digital tabulation and tournament management system used by Empire), whether Empire would ever consider reviving The Downtown, and how their organization is adapting to the new challenges of online mock trial. ...
On the newest episode, Drew and Ben dive into the results from the 35th AMTA National Championship, excluding the final round which will be the focus of another episode soon. Your hosts also look back at the season as a whole and briefly discuss the newly finalized 2019 Trial by Combat field. This episode also contains the ORCS Week Two analysis that was recorded before Nationals but was not released before Nationals because Ben was prepping his team to compete. ...
