Furman Hosts Mock Trial Event for 48 Colleges

MOCK TRIAL BELL TOWER CHAMPIONSHIP, HOSTED BY FURMAN UNIVERSITY. 500 STUDENTS FROM 48 SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING FURMAN UNIVERSITY. ALL IN TOWN FOR THE MOCK TRIAL OF MOCK TRIALS. >> A MOCK TRIAL SIMULATES A REAL ARE ATTORNEYS AND WITNESSES AND JUDGES. >> OBJECTION: SPECULATION. NIGEL: THIS IS PRACTICE. THE REAL ARGUMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE IN REAL COURTROOMS IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. AND IN A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED COURTROOM, ON FURMAN'S CAMPUS. THE 48 TEAMS FROM SCHOOLS LIKE HARVARD, STANFORD, YALE DUKE, UCLA, AND MORE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO DIVISIONS OF 24 TEAMS EACH, AND THE FIRST-PLACE TEAMS FROM EACH DIVISION WILL FACE OFF IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL ROUND. >> AND THEY ARGUE THEIR CASE IN FRONT OF REAL ATTORNEYS AND A REAL JUDGES, AND POINTS ARE AWARDED TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TRIAL. NIGEL: WHILE FURMAN HAS HOSTED NUMEROUS REGIONAL COMPETITIONS, UNIVERSITY WILL HOST THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT. >> FOR MY INVESTIGATIONS, I FOUND-- NIGEL: ORGANIZERS SAY THE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING AND PERFECTING SKILLS NOT JUST FOR THEIR CAREER, BUT FOR LIFE. >> THEY CAN'T WORK THAT HARD DOING IT. AND I THINK THE FUN COMES AT THE SUCCESS THAT THEY ENJOY WHEN ALL THE HARD WORK HAS A GREAT BENEFIT IN A PAYOFF. FOR MANY YEARS, IT HAS DONE EXACTLY THAT FOR THE FIRM IN TEAMS, AND MANY OF THE TEAMS HERE THIS WEEKEND AT THE BELL TOWER CHAMPIONSHIP. NIGEL: THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND WILL TAKE PLACE SUNDAY, APRIL 17 FURMAN. WE WILL STREAM OF THAT CHAMPIONSHIP RIGHT HERE ON APP.