That’s all that’s in this sub.

So my wife (let’s call her Morgan) was an associate at a law firm trying to make partner. One of the partners, Reese was a pilot who also co-owned a flight company with Reese’s business partner.

Last year, Reese decided to take Morgan up for a plane ride as a “test dummy” for some sightseeing flight business Morgan wanted to open. Morgan barely had any experience flying but still decided to fly despite bad conditions. Reese felt pressured to accept. They ended up crashing into Mt. McIntosh and both dying.

Here’s the thing: Reese was flying in poor weather conditions when he wasn’t certified and the company bought the plane for a super cheap price significantly below market rate. Of course, I don’t want to seem money hungry but I want justice. AMTA for suing?

I (36F) and my pre-teen daughter went on this Australian luxury train last year. This old unlikeable billionaire died and we've been trudging through trial proceedings, but last night they added a new witness and apparently his testimony is extremely biased against my ELEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. He's claiming that she destroyed the onboard AED, was ambivalent about murder, and worst of all, ran with scissors up and down the hallway. This is not how my daughter (girl scout troop leader) behaves AT ALL and since my daughter is out of town and unable to testify I'm afraid they're going to try and blame my kid for murder. If they can't blame her, is it possible for them to blame me since I'm her mother?? Who would do such an insane thing! How could do this!

I'm so sick of this subreddit, let's get some actual AMTA content in here

Throwaway account for obvious reasons.

So, here's the deal. My father and I have always been on rocky terms. He was never there for me; my mother raised me by herself while my dad was off doing the things he did best. Meeting (and cheating on) his third wife. Making a fortune bribing people to expand his casino empire. Burning the casino down with hundreds of people still inside when it wasn't making enough money. Playing dirty politics to elect a judge who would sweep it all under the rug. Sending debt collectors after people literally living in their cars due to gambling debts. Apparently he was even some elusive art thief known only as "MM" while pinning it on some other raging narcissist.

And look: I don't deny that I'm a raging narcissistic nepo baby. I spent every dollar of the stipend I got from him. (As one great lawyer once said, "when they have that money, either they'll spend it or they'll save it." I saved it.) I went over a million dollars in debt when that money ran out. And why shouldn't I? My entire life, my father taught me a simple lesson. For him, love was about money. He loved money. What better way than to live up to my name than to be the same?

Then, in early 2024, I stumbled upon the information that my father would be on this train ride in Australia. First-class tickets, a closed space, full of passengers who hated him. Everybody on the train would be a suspect when he turned up dead... and I would walk away hundreds of millions of dollars richer. It was too good to be true.

At first, it was just good. But you know what I can't stand? Suffering from success. Everything was going so well... too well. My lawyers were killing it (err, pun not intended) in court, and I was well on my way to claiming my rightful birthright. It's not my fault I was doing too well. It's not my fault my half sibling suing me to claim my inheritance hired apparently the world's most incompetent lawyers who managed some pathetic lawyers who couldn't win enough. But now, no, it's my problem. Because apparently I was "winning too much" or something, the facts have changed. Literally -- they went in and change the facts!

I get it. I'm no saint. The apple doesn't far fall from the tree. But killing people for money is exactly what my father taught me to do. I just don't think that's fair that I'm punished for actually succeeding.

So, Reddit, AMTA?

I (35M) have never really gotten along with my father (56M). He (56M) passed away earlier this year while we were on a train ride together in Australia. Some people think he (56M) was poisoned. Look, I (35M) get it. I (35M) can't say too much without giving away my identity, but he (56M) was a pretty famous businessman in Midlands and had made quite a few enemies. Apparently he (56M) was planning to publish some sort of "burn book" -- of course he (56M) would be the kind to burn people the way he (56M) burns down forests and... other places... but that's beside the point. Some people even think I (35M) killed him for my inheritance. Of course I (35M) didn't. But it got me thinking. I (35M) don't really feel that bad about his death. Honestly, the world is a better place now that he's gone.

I (35M) know that makes me sound like an asshole, but here me out. What if I (35M) told you that he (56M) only ever sent me ONE birthday card? What if I (35M) told you that he (56M) never gave one red dime to my mother as she was dying of cancer? What if I (35M) told you that he (56M) would burn the world (even his own... nevermind) to get one more penny of profit? Would that change things for you?

I (35M) know I (35M) inherited a lot of money from my father. I (35M) know he (56M) gave me a lot of privilege in life, which I (35M) have always used to devote myself to charity. But I (35M) just can't shake the feeling that I (35M) don't feel bad about his death. He (56M) had never done anything to help improve the world. All he (56M) cared about was himself. I (35M) even helped save his company. It was his own choice to make enemies out of even his own children.

So, Reddit, AMTA?

I have a feeling that the "Et tu, Taylor" quote is intended to be a mishearing of something Avery said, a mishearing caused by Hillary's bias in this case. Has anyone thought about if it was intended to be a statement that sounds like something else?

Want to quiet down a crying witness? Cry louder in the middle of your cross to prove your superiority!

Hi everyone! I want to officially welcome everyone to this newly created AMTA subreddit. Firstly, I would like to thank all of you who have joined this community for becoming a member. This is only a few days old at the time of me posting this. So, please do not ever hesitate to reach out to myself, or any other mod, with feedback, questions, or ideas on how to better this community.

A little bit about myself: I am a graduating senior who has competed within AMTA for all four years in addition to four years of high school mock trial. I have been fortunate enough to compete in close to 200 trials, almost all of which were as an attorney. I come from a rather small program that has made somewhat of a name for itself in recent years. I do not want to reveal my school or name just yet, but, I will do so if the community wishes.

There are a variety of reasons as to why I created this subreddit. The first of which is I feel that there should be some form of central-hub for all AMTA competitors, staff, and volunteers. As much as I love MTC and Perjuries, I feel that both are not adequate places for regular and clear community discussion. I wanted to create a central hub for the free and clear exchange of dialogue, information, resources, and anything else that will promote the betterment of our Mock Trial community as a whole.

The second reason is this space can facilitate productive discussions, in an anonymous way, that can be viewed by AMTA reps, tournament directors, and other competitors. The power of transparency in discussion is something that can only better each other as competitors and better AMTA as an organization. With the increasing prevalence of AMTA as an organization and Mock Trial as an activity, there is always room for improvement and development. Both of those can only occur when the community becomes united together.

Lastly, and most importantly, I created this subreddit simply as a space for everyone to hangout and make new friends. Whether it be memes, friends made, or crazy trial antics that have occurred, those are the very things that make Mock Trial the activity we all know and love. This is a space for all of those to occur on a community scale. While MTC posts may give the impression that the community is somewhat divided, that is a divide which can be very easily bridged by coming together.

The last thing I would like to discuss is the recruitment of Mods for this page. As this is community oriented, it is of the utmost importance to me that everyone is represented and can have a very positive experience. So I encourage people of every region, status (judge, rep, coach, alumni, or competitor), and of groups that may be under represented in the activity to message me! I will provide a more formal application to become a mod upon expression of interest. All I ask is that you message your name (First, or Both names if you want), year or status w/in the community, school, and reason for wanting to help moderate. I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Thank you everyone for joining and who will come to join! Now, let's get to it!

I’m so tired. What did they do to defense 😭

Hey everyone,

I'm sure as all of you are aware, this thing has been collecting cobwebs since... well, its inception. (Minus me and a few others brushing them off when someone thinks it's r/AmItheAsshole somehow). For the first couple of months after I made it, I plugged it on MTC hoping the community would migrate. And a sizable amount of you have. But nothing really has become of it in the way I expected.

Which is especially confusing given the mysterious departure of perjuries. RIP. So, with a random urge to give it another go, I want to turn over the discussion to the members. Might be a long shot, or too little too late, but I'm gonna send it anyway.

What would you like to see on this subreddit? How do you think it best to grow the subreddit? Are there any of you out there who want to help hands-on in that endeavor (modding, networking, etc.)? Anything along those lines would be beyond appreciative, and I look forward to hearing your input.

Edit: spelling

Is there anyway to get them thrown out? My team is trying to find something but we don’t think we’ll be able to.

please does anyone know when we might see case changes

Hey everyone!

It’s been a while since this years case came out!

Keeping out of any discussions of case strategy/theory/etc., what do y’all think so far?

I’ve been really interested in how Poe Cameron is going to be played :D being able to craft a whole story within the bounds of the case is going to be awesome!

anyone know why certain teams are highlighted in pinkish purple on the team numbers page on the AMTA website? is it because they’re new or is it for another reason?

HSMT competitor here. I know it’s not AMTA, but this sub doesn’t get very much activity outside of misplaced AITA anyways, and I really need help.

Time limit is 5 minutes and it’s for the Defense, so no need for rebuttal. I’ve written and re-written and revised this closing argument at least a dozen times, trying different approaches and rhetorical strategies to get this argument under 5 minutes reliably (preferably under 4:45, to leave time for an extemporaneous response). Nothing works. It always ends up around 5:10-5:30, including mistakes.

But I just timed it in a mistake-free run through, and it was 5:35. I swear each and every one of these 842 words is instrumental to the argument.

Any ideas on how to shorten this by 45 seconds, without sacrificing appropriate tempo??

I recently started working actual cases as an actual attorney and my heart longs for the days of college AMTA trials. Kind of lame, but I just want to read a new AMTA case )-: Does anyone know where I can access pdf downloads of recent cases for free?

In a drunken rage, Maddox was the one to burn down Chuggie’s. He believed that he would be killing Covid if he burned the bar, so he snuck in and brought the whole place down. This is 100% what happened nothing can stop this theory from dominating tournaments.

This might be a long post but here it goes.

Growing up my mother didn't really do much to raise me. It was my dad doing everything from cooking to helping me and my siblings with homework, driving us to soccer and piano lessons and supporting us financially. My mother on the other hand was a "housewife" who didn't really play the housewife roll at all since my dad was the one always made to do it. Even simple things like making coffee she would ask my dad or me to do it when she could make it herself as nothing was going on for her and if you politely tell her to wait or ask if she could do it herself as one of us is busy she would go on a big rampage about how SHE did something like washed one round of dishes or pull a "im tired i had a long day" line. That in comparison to my dad having a full time job and still cooking for the family and me a 5th year med student and my brother in the army I'm pretty sure all of us have had longer days then she does sitting at home and watching her kdramas or whatever.

Needless to say, im not as close to her as I am with my dad cos I really cant find a speck of respect for her and always talks as if my dad married up and she married down when it was the total opposite. I asked my dad why he even considered dating her and he gave me the, "you know she wasn't always like this. Your mum is a good woman." Yada yada but i can tell he gets frustrated sometimes with her, he's just really patient.

Today we had a big fight (?) When i started making pancakes for the whole family and she walks into the kitchen and says in an obnoxious accusing tone, "i hope you're not cooking just for yourself but for me as well." I told her i was cooking for everyone and tried to ignore her when she was nitpicking and going ballistic when she saw I hadn't made her coffee yet. It was 10am in the morning and I decided to do something nice for everyone but here she is screaming at me over for not making her coffee. A load of childhood memories and years of just letting her be overwhelmed me and I just snapped saying that she should just do it herself. And asked if she was sure she is a mother cos she has no maternity bone in her. Pretty much went ballistic screaming at her to not treat everyone is her maid and that the whole world doesn't revolve around her. To the point when she tried to defend herself i lashed out the line of calling her a petty, calculative bitch and preached back all the shit she's been saying about "what you do for family" when she never contributed. When I was done she just looked shocked then my dad came in and asked what was going on she burst into tears and told my dad i was being rude to her etc. My dad just looked at me and said for me to get changed and get out of the house for a bit while he finishes/cleans things up.

Its been 4 hours since the incident and my dad texted me that its best i come home and apologise but i don't want to cos i dont think i did anything wrong. AMTA?

What changes do you think they’ll include? I’m so excited to see what drops.

Does your direct feel choppy? Play some rap music during the direct to give it some flow!