<p>Delaware Law School welcomed hundreds of law-school-minded undergraduates to campus for a spring-semester weekend when it provided facilities for the University of Delaware mock trial team to host an American Mock Trial Association tournament.</p>
<p>Undergraduates from 18 schools spent time with us as 12 classrooms were converted to courtrooms where competitors argued a fictitious criminal case. The case involved a casino owner accused of bribing a public official to expand his gambling business.</p>
<p>The event was known as AMTA&rsquo;s Opening Round Championship Series, and it served as the prelude to the national championship round, which will be held in April at Furman University in Greenville, S.C. Six of the 24 teams who competed advanced to the final round of the national competition. They included:</p>
<blockquote><strong>Boston University<br /> Columbia University<br /> Harvard University<br /> Fordham University<br /> University of Delaware<br /> Boston College</strong></blockquote>
<p>Delaware Law School alumni and friends made up a significant portion of the judges who volunteered to hear the cases and score the teams. We thank everyone who helped make the event a success and congratulate the teams that earned bids to the national championship round.</p>
<p>View our <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/widenerlaw/albums/72157666120927892" target="_blank">photo album of the weekend here</a>.</p>
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