U.S. Team
Compete against U.S undergraduate mock trial teams
The VMT U.S. team has the pleasure of competing in American mock trial against top U.S. universities. The U.S. team is a participant in the esteemed American Mock Trial Association competition program and will face-off against schools from all around the country in regional tournaments and beyond.
Meet the 2024 - 2025 U.S. Team
Grace Shang
Associate Attorney
Jacob Colatosti
Testimony Expert and Analyst & Junior Attorney
Kiran Shocker
Testimony Expert and Analyst & Associate Attorney
Will Wang
Associate Attorney
Tessa Naughton-Ron
Associate Attorney
Ananiya Narmathan
Associate Attorney
Vladimir Miltenov
Testimony Expert and Analyst
Chloe Cameron
Testimony Expert and Analyst
Larissa Colatosti
Testimony Expert and Analyst
Adelia Luba
Testimony Expert and Analyst
VMT placed 3rd out of 24 teams (with a record of 6-1-1) in the Buffalo regional tournament, qualifying our team for the Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS) in just our second year of competing!
Our captain, Kara Catellier, received the All-Regional Outstanding Defense Attorney Award and was one of the only two attorneys with a perfect score of 20.
Ainsley Heaton was one of 12 witnesses in the entire regional tournament to receive the All-Regional Outstanding Witness Award (Defense)
Kara Catellier was one of 11 attorneys in the entire Cincinnati ORCS tournament to receive the Intercollegiate Outstanding Attorney Award (Defense)
Photos from 2024 Cincinnati ORCS
Photos from 2024 Buffalo Regionals
AMTA
"The American Mock Trial Association was founded in 1985 by Dean Richard Calkins of Drake Law School. AMTA serves as the governing body for intercollegiate mock trial competition. Through engaging in trial simulations in competition with teams from other institutions, students develop critical thinking and public speaking skills, as well as a knowledge of legal practices and procedures. AMTA sponsors regional and national-level competitions, as well as providing interesting and complex case materials for academic use.
Presently, AMTA hosts 32 regional tournaments, eight opening round championship tournaments and a national championship tournament each season. Approximately 700 teams from over 400 universities and colleges will compete in these tournaments. In total, AMTA provides a forum for over 7,300 undergraduate students each academic year to engage in intercollegiate mock trial competitions across the country."
-American Mock Trial Association