Donate to the Mock Trial Program
We need your help. For the past 39 years, the MSBA has coordinated the High School Mock Trial Program. Mock Trial is an exciting law-related education program that introduces students to the American legal system and provides a challenging opportunity for personal growth and achievement through simulated courtroom trial competitions. Thousands of students across Minnesota have participated in Mock Trial over the years, and the experience inspired many of them to attend law school. Today you will find our former mock trial participants in law firms, courtrooms, businesses and solo practices around the state.
In order to ensure the viability of this important program for the future, the MSBA created a separate 501(c). We hope we can count on your support in order to continue this valuable experience for youth throughout Minnesota. Donating through the Amicus Society is simple and tax-deductible.
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You may also send a donation to the MSBA Mock Trial Program. Please make your check payable to The Amicus Society and write Mock Trial in the memo. Your name will be placed on our website, the Mock Trial State Competition materials, and included in a thank you advertisement in the April issue of the Bench & Bar of Minnesota.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kim Basting at (612) 278-6306. Thank you to those that have already donated this year!
Thank You Supporters!
The Mock Trial Program would like to thank the judges and attorneys that volunteered during the 2024 competitions!
See the full list: 2024 April Bench & Bar
We also want to extend our gratitude to those that have made a donation to the program:
Amicus Society
District Bar Associations (First; Third; Fifth; Sixth; Seven; Nine; Eleven; Twelve; Sixteen; Eighteen; Nineteenth; Twenty-First)
Fredrikson & Byron Foundation
Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
Minnesota Judicial Branch
Minnesota State Bar Foundation
Minnesota State Bar Association Sections (Agricultural & Rural Law; Animal Law; Appellate Practice; Children & the Law; Civil Litigation; Communications Law; Construction Law; Consumer Litigation; Corporate Counsel; Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law; Family Law; Food & Drug Law; Greater Minnesota Practice Law; Health Law; Immigration Law; Labor & Employment Law; Public Law; Public Utilities Law; Tax Law; Tech Law)
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Thomson Reuters
United States District Court, District of Minnesota
Individual Donations: Bridget Nason, David Lillehaug & Winifred Smith, David Drueding & Susan Stabile, Hilary & Justin Fox, James & Kathy Dehn, Jane Tschida, Jill Prohofsky, Julie Ritz-Schlaifer, Karen Wolff, Kenneth & Michele Alwin, Kristin Olson, Lauren Johnson, Quinlivan & Hughes PA, Robert & Rebecca Patient, William & Laurie Koch, William McGinnis, and numerous anonymous.
Endorsed by the Minnesota Academic League Council. [Reach for the Stars catalogue]