The Mock Trial Society Gets a Shoutout

In the latest Kudos to its students and faculty, Dartmouth College headlined the Mock Trial Society and its recent successes:

The Mock Trial Society has had quite a year.

Each year, mock trial teams from around the country compete in simulated trials. Students act as attorneys and witnesses, arguing both sides of a fictitious court case throughout the season. This year’s case concerned aggravated arson.

Last fall, the Dartmouth club fielded two teams at the University of New Hampshire’s Wildcat Mock Trial Invitational Tournament, placing first and second. In addition, seven students took home individual awards, the most the society has ever received at a tournament, says team president Harish Tekriwal ’21, a quantitative social science and government major.

And for the second year running, the society’s two teams qualified for the Opening Round Championship Series. Dylan Griffith ’25, Archita Harathi ’22, and Olivia Rateau ’24 each won awards at the championship, which was held in Chicago over spring break.

Currently, Dartmouth is one of just two Ivies—the other is Yale—to have multiple mock trial teams ranked in the top 100 nationally, says Tekriwal, who with Vice President and President-Elect Annmarie Allos co-captained one of the teams.

After finishing what Tekriwal describes as Dartmouth Mock Trial Society’s most successful year yet, the team is now looking eagerly toward the future.

“We’re excited to welcome a new class of ’26s and continue to build the Dartmouth Mock Trial program.”

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