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In 2014, the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) and the Ontario Justice Education Network (OJEN) partnered to improve the provincial mock trial program.<\/p>\n

The OBA has run a high school mock trial program in Ontario since the early 1980s.<\/p>\n

Since its founding in 2002, OJEN has supported the growth of local mock trial programs with administrative and development support, as well as with financial support through the OJEN\/LFO (Law Foundation of Ontario) Mock Trial Fund since 2008.<\/p>\n

The primary aims and activities of the OBA\/OJEN Competitive Mock Trials (OOCMT) are to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Support new and existing mock trial tournaments with resources, advice and organizational assistance<\/li>\n
  2. Produce the annual tournament case and revise the provincial tournament guide and rules as needed<\/li>\n
  3. Produce resources to help students and teachers to prepare for tournaments <\/li>\n
  4. Coordinate upper-tier championships across the province<\/li>\n
  5. Expand mock trial programs to under-served areas of the province<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    OOCMT isn’t one single mock trial tournament, but a network of tournaments across the province that follow the same basic format and use the OOCMT rules and the official case which is released each year.<\/p>\n

    Schools that wish to enter a team in OOCMT can register on this site for the tournament in their local area. <\/p>\n

    The 2017-18 school year saw 175 secondary schools and about 1600 students in the province participate in OOCMT-related tournaments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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