On February 8, 2025, Capua Law Partner Natalia Talbot volunteered to be a Scoring Juror in The North Carolina Mock Trial Program, held at the Henderson County Courthouse. At these tournaments, teams of students simulate jury trials by presenting each side of a civil or criminal case against teams from other schools. They get the opportunity to argue motions, examine witnesses, and deliver opening and closing statements before panels of practicing judges and trial attorneys who provide feedback after each round of competition.
The impact of this program far exceeds the courtroom, however, building analytical reasoning abilities and communication skills which go hand in hand with confidence, teamwork, leadership and other qualities crucial to students’ futures. The success of this program has always been due to the support and commitment of the members of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, now known as the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, and to other sponsors to whom we are grateful.
From North Carolina High School Mock Trial’s infancy over 30 years ago when a few teams came together in Raleigh for a small competition, through the program’s growth to 10 regions and more than 90 teams competing, to hosting the national tournament in Charlotte in 2005 and Raleigh in 2015, the mission and purpose of this program has remained the same: to educate North Carolina High School students about our system of justice and trial by jury by turning courtrooms into classrooms and connecting students with attorneys and judges in the hands-on learning laboratory of the courthouse.
Thank you, Natalia, for volunteering your time and investing in future of our attorneys and legal justice system!
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