Minneapple Mock Trial Tournament

Saturday, January 4, 2025

Apple Valley High School – 14450 Hayes Road | Apple Valley, MN 55124

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TOP LEVEL COMPETITION

For the past 9 years, a State Finalist team has 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.

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2025 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 2025.

To Register

Register online by filling out the online registration form here.

Registration Fee (due at Registration)

  • $75 per team
  • $125 per team after January 4, 2025

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

New for 2025: 2 Divisions

We will have two divisions, Varsity and Open!  Please see the table below and select the best fit for each of your teams!

  Varsity Division Open Division
Goal Designed for highly competitive teams Designed for teams more focused on learning/developing/fun.
Field Maximum 24 Teams
(Max 2 Per School)
Until Space Fills
(No Limit Per School)
Rounds 3 Rounds Required 2 Rounds Required, with an Optional Round 3
Judges 2 per round 1 per round
Team Awards Top 10 Announced
Top 3 win Trophies
Top 5 Announced and win Certificates
Individual Awards Top Attorney/Witness Selected (can be from the same team) Top Performer from Each Team selected (ensuring all teams will win awards)
Pairings Random Pairings for Rounds 1 & 2
Round 3 – Power Matched
Random Pairings for All Rounds
All Rounds Announced in Advance
 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

  • 7:30 am – Team Arrival
  • 8:00 am – Opening Ceremony
  • 8:30 am – Round 1
  • 11:00 am – Round 2
  • 1:30 pm – Lunch Break/Tabulation
  • 2:00 pm – Round 3
  • 4:30 pm – Closing Ceremony
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