TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 11, 2023

Teams from several Tennessee high schools recently competed in the Empire Windy City Classic Mock Trial Tournament in Chicago with Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) winning the championship round against Centennial High School from California. This was MBA’s fifth Empire championship, tying Trinity Pacific School of California for the most titles ever. Two other schools from Tennessee also competed. CSTHEA, a Chattanooga home school, finished in sixth place while St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis finished in 12th place. Three students from St. Mary’s also took home individual awards: Krithica Vaidyanathan won fifth place Best Witness, Caroline Hunt was named fifth place Best Attorney and tied co-student Zoe McMullen for seventh place Best Witness. MBA will return to Chicago in November to compete for the Empire World Championship.

Montgomery Bell Academy wins the 2023 Empire mock trial competition in Chicago

Montgomery Bell Academy wins the 2023 Empire mock trial competition in Chicago

Photos by Wade Cowan, attorney coach