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This Pre-Law and Mock Trial academy will be held in-person in the residential environment on the Rutgers–New Brunswick campus.

Below is the sample schedule for a student in the Pre-Law and Mock Trial Academy. 

*Evening activities will consist of a variety of different events, such as a movie night at the Rutgers Cinema, arts and crafts events, sports, and more. All activities are supervised by a residential or program assistant.

Students will move into their on-campus residential dorm.

8:30amRegistration and Continental Breakfast
9:00amWelcome, Overview, Introduction of Faculty, and Icebreaker
10:00amFundamentals of the Law and Trial Advocacy
• Legal terminology
• Trial participants and their roles
• Courtroom decorum
• Trial structure
• Case theory
• Introduction of Kipling v. United States
11:30amExaminations
• How to write a direct and cross examination
• Demonstration from Kipling v. United States
12:30pmWorking lunch, begin case discussion (good/bad facts)
2:00pmTrial Speeches
• How to write an opening and closing
• Demonstration from Kipling v. United States 
3:00pmWitnesses
• Learning to play an effective witness
• Improvisation exercises
4:00pmTeam meeting and assignment of team roles
5:00pmExplanation of 5 minute drills for the following day
6:00pmDinner and evening cohort activities
8:30amBreakfast in the dining hall
9:00am5 Minute Drills - Direct Examination
9:30amEvidence
• Relevance and its exceptions
• Character evidence
• Competency and impeachment
• Expert testimony
• Hearsay and its exceptions
• Authentication
12:00pmLunch
1:00pm5 Minute Drills - Cross Examination
1:30pmWhat Lawyers Do
• Panel of guest speakers
2:30pmAn introduction to law school
• Panel of law school faculty and law students
3:30pmTeam meeting, assignments, time to work collaboratively
5:00pmExplanation of the following day; day 2 programming concludes
6:00pmDinner and evening cohort activities
8:30amBreakfast in the dining hall
9:00amObjections
• Identifying objectionable evidence
• Arguing objections
• Demonstration from Kipling v. United States
9:30amMock Trial Team Practice
12:30pmLunch
1:30pmMaking objections game
2:00pmMock Trial Team Practice
5:00pmExplanation of the following day
6:00pmDinner and evening cohort activities
8:30amBreakfast in the dining hall
9:00amField trip: location and timing TBD
5:00pmExplanation of the following day
6:00pmDinner and evening cohort activities
8:30amBreakfast in the dining hall
9:00amFinal Team Meeting
9:30amMock Trial #1
12:00pmLunch
1:00pmMock Trial #2
4:00pmClosing Ceremony
5:00pmPrograming Concludes; 
Dinner and evening activities with cohort

Students will move out of their on-campus residential dorm.

Voted one of the country's best summer programs for pre-college students by College Consensus.

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