The American Mock Trial Invitational (AMTI) is a national mock trial competition for
high schools
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in the
United States
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, created and administered by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice.
The competition was created in 2006 to provide an alternative for state champions with weekend religious obligations to compete on a national basis.Aberback, Brian " New mock trial contest arises from controversy" '' The Record (Bergen County)'', February 24, 2006, accessed April 19, 2007. The
Torah Academy of Bergen County
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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without being required to compete during the Jewish Sabbath. While this competition continues to grow, it is still significantly smaller than the more established
National High School Mock Trial Championship The National High School Mock Trial Championship is an American nationwide competition of high school mock trial teams. Hundreds, and even thousands of teams participate in district, regional, and state tournaments to select one champion team to re ...
.
The inaugural event, in 2006, was held at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Redlands, California
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Rutgers University
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at its Douglass/Cook campus in
New Brunswick, New Jersey
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The 2007 American Mock Trial Invitational winners were a group of home-schooled students representing Family Christian Academy-Tennessee (FCA) from
Chattanooga, Tennessee
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.
The 2008 AMTI winners represented
David H. Hickman High School
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, a public high school in
Columbia, Missouri
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.
The 2009 AMTI winners were Menlo School, a college preparatory school from
Atherton, California
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Atherton is known for its wealth; in 1990 and 2019, Athe ...