This is a great opportunity for Minnesota-based law students to sign up to help with the YMCA National Judicial Competition in early August! Sign-up link below.
YMCA NATIONAL JUDICIAL COMPETITION (NJC)
Opportunities for Legal-Connected Adults
August 1-4, 2022
National Judicial Competition (NJC) is a YMCA-sponsored competition consisting of a model U.S. Supreme Court and a national-level Mock Trial. High School students from any state who have previously participated in Youth in Government programs or from Minnesota who have participated in Mock Trial choose one track or the other and prepare all aspects of the case. NJC participants expand on the legal processes they learned in their state programs and build their skills at an even higher level.
The NJC Committee is seeking up to 130 adult volunteers with legal experience, including:
Attorneys
Law students
Paralegal and other law-related professionals
The PRIMARY ROLE for volunteers (up to 114) is to evaluate student participants in Mock Trials and Appellate Court proceedings. All evaluators will give scores and written feedback to students – for youth attorneys and for youth judges.
Evaluators will receive overview training via Zoom before the competition.
Just prior to their volunteer shift, evaluators will receive a brief orientation as well as a score sheet and rubric to assist in applying standards to their evaluation.
A SECOND ROLE for volunteers (up to 16) is to help coach and support student participants from any of the participating states. Opportunities are available leading up to, as well as during, the competition.
Volunteers may commit to single slots or to multiple slots over the course of a day or over the entire conference. All NJC trials will take place at the Minnesota State Capitol Complex.
Timeslots include:
Monday, August 1, 2022
8 – 9:30 PM (up to 12 volunteers to coach, can come earlier for dinner)
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
8:30 – 11:30 AM (up to 28 volunteers to evaluate), 12:30 – 3:30 PM (up to 28 volunteers to evaluate)
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
8:30 – 11:30 AM (up to 28 volunteers to evaluate), 12:30 – 3:30 PM (up to 28 volunteers to evaluate)
Thursday, August 4, 2022
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM (up to 6 volunteers to evaluate the Trial and Appellate Showcase)
SIGN UP HERE!! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewuBIqK13CRzX0KgulWAkYOXATuQfzSAYPLBkIu7L2c11xRA/viewform
For more information, please contact Amy Anderson, Executive Director of the YMCA Center for Youth Voice, at 612-330-3045 or amy.anderson@ymcamn.org.