Minneapple Mock Trial Tournament
Saturday, January 6, 2024
Apple Valley High School – 14450 Hayes Road | Apple Valley, MN 55124
TOP LEVEL COMPETITION
For the past 8 years, State Finalist teams have competed at the Minneapple!
RUNS ON TIME
With our online tabulation system, pairings are determined efficiently and accurately without major delays between rounds.
HIRED JUDGES
Does your attorney coach want to watch trials instead of judge? The Minneapple has judges available for hire.
COMMENT SHEETS
Judges fill out comment sheets to provide written feedback on all scoring roles.
Minneapple Mock Trial
About
2024 Minneapple Mock Trial Tournament
The Apple Valley High School Mock Trial Team is excited to announce that the Minneapple Mock Trial Tournament is back for 2024.
To Register
Register online by filling out the online registration form here.
Registration Fee
- $70 per team if payment is postmarked by December 15th
- $85 per team between December 15th-January 6th
- $125 per team after January 6, 2024
Please make checks out to: AVHS Mock Trial. The words “Mock Trial” must appear somewhere on the check.
Checks should be mailed to:
Apple Valley High School
C/O Mock Trial
14450 Hayes Road
Apple Valley, MN 55124
Pairings
Round 1: Random Pairings/Side Assignments
Round 2: Random Pairings/Teams will switch sides
Round 3: All undefeated teams (and the top 1-1 team if needed) will advance to championship rounds. Sides and pairings will be randomly assigned. All other teams will be paired randomly.
After 3 Rounds: Teams will be ranked first upon win-loss record; second upon scoresheets won, third upon cumulative point differential; fourth upon Round 3 point differential; fifth upon a coin flip. Top three teams will earn trophies.
Please Note: There is no region protection at this tournament. Your team may be paired against or have a judge from your region.
Judges
Teams are required to provide the following number of judges for each round.
| Number of Teams | Number of Judges |
| 1-2 Teams | 1 |
| 3-4 Teams | 2 |
| 5-6 Teams | 3 |
Need a judge? We have a limited number of judges available for hire for a fee of $65.00.
Schedule
- 8:00 am – Coaches/Judges Meeting
- 8:30 am – Round 1
- 11:00 am – Round 2
- 1:30 pm – Lunch Break/Tabulation
- 2:00 pm – Round 3
- 4:30 pm – Awards