Forced to choose between rat poison and banana extract, the Metropolitan State University of Denver Mock Trial team went with the banana-based murder weapon.
The choice must have worked: Arguing a civil case to determine who would get the estate of a rich, victim of an alleged murder, MSU Denver’s two Mock Trial teams posted a stellar season. Several student “attorneys” won individual awards, and one of the teams earned an invitation to the Mock Trial Opening Round Championship Series in Los Angeles in March, said Jeremy J. Castle, Ph.D., associate professor of Political Science and coordinator of the University’s prelaw program.
Not bad for a team that’s only existed since 2021.
When Castle joined MSU Denver in 2020, “We didn’t have Mock Trial and other opportunities within the program,” he said, “and I just felt we could serve students better.”
