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5th Annual Swamp Invitational

This year the LitiGators hosted the 5th Annual Swamp Invitational, bringing together 20 of the best collegiate mock trial teams in the country ! The Swamp Invitational had a judging pool of local attorneys, law students, and UF alumni ! This tournament was a great opportunity for teams to showcase their talents at the start […]

Fall 2022 Recap

Fall 2022 was the most competitive fall season yet ! The LitiGators traveled to 8 different tournaments across the East Coast, traveling a total of 7,000 miles. Team Community, Team Parks and Recreation,  Team Arrested Development, and Team The Office collectively received a record of 8 team placements, 1 honorable mention, and 21 individual awards! […]

LitiGators Place at Nationals!

For the second year in a row, the LitiGators placed in the top ten at the National Championships! From April 8-10, the LitiGators competed at the American Mock Trial Association’s 2022 National Championship Tournament, and we took home seventh place. The team was a close margin away from making it to the final round—the closest […]

A Fall Season Full of Success

This Fall, the LitiGators continued their streak of successes, winning team and individual awards at tournaments across the nation. Here are all of the awards the UF Mock Trial Team took home in the Fall 2021 season: Team Arendelle won second place at UC Davis’s “Cowtown Classic Invitational” and fourth place at Florida State University’s “Capital […]

UF LitiGators Host the Growlin’ Gator Charity Tournament

The UF LitiGators recently hosted the Growlin’ Gator Charity Tournament on April 10-11, 2021. We welcomed a total of 18 teams from the Southeast, Midwest, Northeast, and across Florida. Teams of six to eight students prepared a prosecution or defense case-in-chief of the 2017 Nationals criminal case, United States v. Parker Barrow. The virtual competition consisted […]

UF LitiGators Qualify for the National Championship Tournament

The UF LitiGators continued to break records last weekend as two teams qualified for the National Championship Tournament (NCT). Following Regionals, two teams of 12 students each prepared to compete at the Opening Round Championships (ORCS). Both teams practiced intensely for two weeks to formulate case theories, build characters, and write speeches and examinations. Each […]