The Mock Review Next Mailbag Episode

Hello everyone, on our last episode of the Mock Review, Ben and I mentioned that we would be doing a mailbag episode where you can send in questions and we will do our best to answer them! Please post them here/dm me here, send them to our gmail: themockreview@gmail.com, our tweet at us: @themockreview, or send us a facebook message: facebook.com/themockreview. We look forward to hearing from you all.

Totally ok if you can't answer both, but I have two.

Sleeper teams outside of the usual contenders that could make a run at Nats?/Are there any consistent Nationals teams that you think could make the leap this year?

Most distinct team-specific styles that you've seen on the circuit, how would you describe them?

I also have two questions:

In all the years you guys have been involved in AMTA as competitors/coaches, what would you say your favorite case was?

Is there any particular case topic you'd like to see AMTA try to tackle in the future?

It seems we hear a great deal about the circuits top attorneys. Could you give an overview of some of the best witnesses and what makes them so good?

Rank the witnesses of this case best to worst based off how useful they are (amount of info helpful to the case but also who might score best)

Lots of good questions here, thanks all - and keep them coming!

Do you feel like mock trial is starting to lose its educational value & purpose as a result of the increasingly competitive nature of the activity?

Just one question for you guys,

Any sleeper teams at any particular regional that you guys think people should be watching out for? This could be usual nats contenders or new contenders.

Could you share any advice you have for AMTA alum who are starting to coach.

It seems like a lot of TBC talent graduated last year, so who are the competitors that we don't know but should (witnesses and attorneys)?

If you could pick any 6 competitors from any team to take to nationals (Can't double dip on teams) who would you both pick, and why?

With the Nationals controversy at the forefront of everyone's memories, do you think that teams have been / will be more cautious with toeing the line for inventions, more ambitious in pushing the line, or neither?

What clarifications, if any, on improper invention would you like to see come out of the mid-year meeting? What advice would you give to alum who are now coaching? Is there anything that you do or have done, with regard to practice and preparation, that you think all teams should do?

I'm wondering what you would recommend fairly new teams do without a coach. We can't get a coach to stick around and because our program is fairly new, we don't have alumni who can coach. We have great case theory, we know our objections, and we all work really well together but we're just not quite as polished as the teams we're being put up against. Any tips? What can we do to get that last 10% we need to have a fighting chance?

Any ETA on the next episode launch?

Episode has been recorded and I'm hard at work editing it! Hoping for a release before Christmas.

Will there be a regionals preview episode, or any post regionals analysis episodes this year? I know you guys lead busy lives, I just want to know if I should temper my excitement. Really enjoy listening to y'all!