Mock Trial Team Member Greg Johnson Earns Honorable Mention at Northeast Regional Tournament

2015 Feb 27

Greg Johnson, a member of the Ithaca College Mock Trial Team, participated in and earned honorable mention in the 2015 American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) Northeast regional tournament.

Part of Team A, Johnson is a senior integrated marketing communications major in the Roy H. Park School of Communications.

The IC Mock Trial A team finished 4-3-1 at the tournament, placing behind teams from Rutgers, Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Brown and the University of Pennsylvania. The B team finished 2-5-1.

Yale University hosted the Northeast regional tournament.

AMTA hosts 25 regional tournaments, eight opening round championship tournaments and a national championship tournament each season. Approximately 600 teams from over 350 universities and colleges compete in these tournaments.

Founded in 1985, the 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 and knowledge of legal practices and procedures.

For more information on AMTA, visit www.collegemocktrial.org.

For more information on the Ithaca College Mock Trial Team, visit www.ithaca.edu/hs/depts/commstudies/mocktrial.