Watch the final round of the 2024 competition. Trial by Combat The Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law and the UCLA School of Law co-host the Trial by Combat, the 1-on-1 collegiate mock trial national championship. This tournament aims to celebrate the best individual college competitors in the country—and identify the very best. The seventh annual Trial by Combat will be held at UCLA Law on June 21-23, 2024. Check back for more information on next year's competition! Competition Format Competitors receive the case on the morning of the first day of the tournament and have approximately 24 hours to prepare. Each trial has two attorneys (P attorney v. D attorney) and two witnesses (P witness v. D witness). During the four preliminary trials, each competitor performs each of those four roles exactly once, though significantly greater weight is placed on attorney performance. The top four students compete as attorneys in the Semifinals, and the winners compete as attorneys in the Championship Trial. The field is limited to 16 competitors nationwide. During the tournament, competitors may receive help/coaching from one person—a coach, a teammate, an alum, whomever they wish. Competitors may also receive assistance from a Second Chair -- any current/graduating student from their school. 2024 Tournament Audrey Vanderslice (Harvard) Bryan Walker (Georgia) Charles Stock (Notre Dame) Destiny Baugh (Rhodes) Devika Narendra (Oregon) Ethan Marx (Virginia) Everett Parker-Noblitt (Yale) Jackson Kunde (Wisconsin) Jonathan Hubbard (Ohio State) Josiah Jones (UC Irvine) Katie Volpert (Penn) Laniya Davidson (Maryland) Lyla Zedell (Georgia Tech) Margaret Veglahn (Tufts) Ria Debnath (UCLA) Sam Farnsworth (Chicago) View past competition results and videos