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2022-2023 University Catalog 
    
2022-2023 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHIL 41000 - Mock Trial Practicum


Credit Hours: 1.00.  This course prepares students to represent Purdue University in American Mock Trial Association competitions by focusing on legal reasoning, argumentation, and advocacy. Mock Trial students will become familiar with the United States’ legal system and conduct a trial over a fictional civil or criminal case. Students develop and deliver opening statements, introduce and examine testimonial, physical, and demonstrative evidence, examine and cross examine witnesses, and develop and deliver closing statements. Permission of instructor required.Credits: 1.00