But this isn’t your typical courtroom; it is a showdown between students armed with wit, evidence and just the right dose of drama. Welcome to a typical competition for the Tufts Mock Trial team, ...

and the Superior Court, sponsors the competitions annually. The county began having student-level mock trials in 1983, and organizers say more than 14,000 youths have participated since then.

The University of West Florida recently hosted the First District Court of Appeals for oral arguments in its Mock Trial ...