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DISTRICT ATTORNEYQUEENS COUNTY
125-01 QUEENS BOULEVARDKEW GARDENS, NY 11415-1568
(718) 286-6000
www.queensda.org
May 10, 2019
To whom it may concern:
On behalf of John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney of Queens County, it is my pleasure to invite yourlaw school to apply to participate in the Queens County District Attorney’s 6th Annual Mock Trial Competition.This competition allows law students the unique opportunity to try a criminal case, under New York law, beforesitting Supreme Court justices and Criminal Court judges. This is an excellent opportunity for students to getpractical experience under conditions close to a real New York criminal trial, and should be particularlyappealing to those students interested in pursuing careers as prosecutors. In fact, each year we hire severalparticipants from our competition as assistant district attorneys, while others have gone on to careers in otherprosecutor’s offices in the New York City area and elsewhere.
In this year’s competition, sitting trial judges will preside over each trial. Police Officers and recruits fromthe NYC Police Academy will serve as jurors during the trials. Management staff and experienced trialattorneys from the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, as well as experienced criminal defense attorneys,will serve as evaluators.
The competition will be held at the Queens County Courthouse, located in Kew Gardens, New York, onOctober 19 and 20, 2019. It will consist of two preliminary rounds held on Saturday, October 19, among the16 teams selected. A reception will be held on Saturday evening, October 19, at which time the six advancingteams will be announced. The semi-final round will be held on Sunday morning, October 20, and the final roundwill be held in the afternoon of October 20. The Honorable Joseph A. Zayas, Administrative Judge of theSupreme Court, Criminal Term, Queens County, will preside at the final round.
The competition fee is $400 and is due upon acceptance. The fact pattern will be releasedapproximately 5 weeks prior to the start of the competition. Teams will consist of four advocates, two for theprosecution and two for the defense. Students not advocating will serve as witnesses for their team. Pleasesee the attached flyer for further details.
Please return the attached entry form via e-mail to James Quinn, Senior Executive Assistant DistrictAttorney, Trial Division, at [email protected], no later than June 1, 2019. We plan to announce thecompeting teams by June 15, 2019.
The attached flyer has more details. Should you have any questions regarding this competition or theapplication process, please feel free to contact me.
Very truly yours,
James C. QuinnSr. Executive Assistant District Attorney(718) [email protected]
John M. RyanActing District Attorney
QUEENS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY6TH ANNUAL MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION
OCTOBER 19 - OCTOBER 20, 2019
JOHN M. RYAN, ACTING DISTRICT ATTORNEYRichard A. Brown
District Attorney
The Queens County District Attorney’s Office is sponsoring its 6th annual mock trial competition to be held on October 19 - October 20, 2019. The fact pattern will be a criminal case and will be tried under New York law. Sixteen law schools will compete. Law schools may submit applications be-ginning May 10, 2019, each team consisting of four students enrolled in law school during the semester of the competition. At least one coach is required per team. The competition will begin on Saturday morning, October 19th. Each team will try the case twice on Saturday, once as prosecu-tion and once as defense. All rounds will be held in courtrooms in the Queens County Criminal Courts building, located at 125-01 Queens Blvd., Kew Gar-dens, New York. The Saturday rounds will be presided over by Supreme Court and Criminal Court judges. Evaluators will consist of senior trial attorneys and management staff from the QDAO, as well as experienced practicing criminal trial defense attorneys. Police Officers and recruits from the NYC Police Academy will serve as jurors doing the trial. A reception will be held on Saturday evening, October 19th, at which the six teams advancing to the semi-finals will be announced. The semi-final round will be held at the courthouse on the morning of October 20th. Supreme Court Justices will preside over those rounds and QDAO staff will serve as evaluators. The final round will be held on Sunday afternoon. It will be presided over by the Hon. Joseph A. Zayas, Administrative Judge of the Supreme Court, Crimi-nal Term, Queens County. Awards will be announced following the final round. The registration fee is $400 to partially subsidize the cost of courthouse security and the reception to be held Saturday
evening. QDAO will prepare enlargements of court exhibits for use by teams during the competition. The entry fee must be submitted by upon acceptance. The application deadline is June 1, 2019. Please submit the attached application online. Competitors will be announced no lat-er than June 15, 2019. The fact pattern will be distributed by September 6, 2019. Address any related questions by email to: James Quinn, SEA-DA: [email protected].
Justice Joseph A. Zayas, the Administrative Judge of the Supreme Court, Queens County Criminal Term, congratulating the students from The University at Buffalo School of Law for winning the 5th annual mock trial competition sponsored by the Queens District Attorney’s Office.
John M. RyanActing District Attorney
QUEENS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYMOCK TRIAL COMPETITION
- October 19, 2019 - October 20, 2019 -
JOHN M. RYAN, ACTING DISTRICT ATTORNEY
APPLICATION
Name of School:
Faculty Sponsor/Coach:
Title:
Mailing Address:
Telephone #:
E-Mail Address:
Is your faculty sponsor or coach the contact person for your team? YES NO
If “NO” who is your contact:
Title:
Address:
Telephone #:
E-Mail Address:
Please submit application via e-mail to [email protected] by June 1, 2019.
For further information, contact Senior Executive Assistant District Attorney James Quinn at (718) 286-6230.
