QUEENS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
2ND ANNUAL MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION
OCTOBER 24 – OCTOBER 25, 2015
RICHARD A. BROWN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
The Queens County District Attorney’s Office is sponsoring its 2nd annual mock trial competition to
be held on October 24 – October 25, 2015. The fact pattern will be a murder case and will be tried
under New York law.
The competition will begin on Saturday morning,October 24th. Each team will try the case twice on Saturday, once as prosecution and once as defense. All rounds will be held in courtrooms in the Queens County Criminal Courts building, located at 125-01 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, New York. The Saturday rounds will be presided over by Supreme Court and Criminal Court judges and management staff from the Queens County District Attorney’s Office.
The registration fee is $400 to partially subsidize the cost of courthouse security and the
reception to be held Saturday evening. QDAO will prepare enlargements of court exhibits for use by
teams during the competition. The entry fee must be submitted by August 15, 2015.
A reception will be held on Saturday evening, October 24, at which the six teams advancing to the
semi-finals will be announced. The semi-final round will be held at the court- house on the morning
of October 25. Supreme Court Justices will preside over those rounds and QDAO staff will serve as
evaluators.
The application deadline is June 15, 2015. To access the application , contact Hugh.Remar@nyu.edu
You can also address any related questions by email to: James Quinn, SEADA: jcquinn@queensda.org, or contact him by phone at (718) 286-6230