For the second consecutive year, UCI Mock Trial will start their fall season ranked #1 in the nation over more than six hundred college teams. The program earned a third place finish at last year’s nationals and finished the season with a 23-3-2 record. In the last two years, the anteaters have won tournaments up and down the coast including bouts in San Diego, Irvine, Newport Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Berkeley, as well as top finishes at tournaments in New York City, Washington DC, Minneapolis, Memphis and Miami Beach. Along the way, students on the UCI team have racked up more than 100 individual awards as attorneys and witnesses, and positioned themselves well for a career in law. Team members have consistently earned admission to more than half of the top 20 law schools, including several from last year’s Mock Trial graduates who are now freshmen at NYU, Columbia, Georgetown, Northwestern, Cornell, UCLA, and USC law schools.

The UCI team is aiming for a big national finish this year, and they’re looking for new members. The team accepts students of all class years (freshman through senior) and students of all majors (drama, pre-med, political science, engineering, you name it). Students interested in joining or learning more about tryouts should contact team vice president Laureen Bousmail, lbousmail24@gmail.com.