Minneapple Mock Trial Tournament

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Apple Valley High School – 14450 Hayes Road | Apple Valley, MN 55124

For the past 9 years, a State Finalist team has competed at the Minneapple!

With our online tabulation system, pairings are determined efficiently and accurately without major delays between rounds.

Does your attorney coach want to watch trials instead of judge? The Minneapple has judges available for hire.

Judges fill out comment sheets to provide written feedback on all scoring roles.

Minneapple Mock Trial

About

The Apple Valley High School Mock Trial Team is excited to announce that the Minneapple Mock Trial Tournament is back for 2026.

Please make checks out to: AVHS Mock Trial. The words “Mock Trial” must appear somewhere on the check.

Checks should be mailed to:
Apple Valley High School
C/O Mock Trial
14450 Hayes Road
Apple Valley, MN 55124

	Varsity Division	Open Division
Goal	Designed for highly competitive teams	Designed for teams more focused on learning/developing/fun.
Field	Maximum 28 Teams (Max 2 Per School)	Until Space Fills (No Limit Per School)
Rounds	3 Rounds Required	2 Rounds Required, with an Optional Round 3
Judges	2 per round	1 per round
Team Awards	Top 10 Announced Top 3 win Trophies	Top 5 Announced and win Certificates
Individual Awards	Top Attorney/Witness Selected (can be from the same team)	Top Performer from Each Team selected (ensuring all teams will win awards)
Pairings	Random Pairings for Rounds 1 & 2 Round 3 – Power Matched	Random Pairings for All Rounds All Rounds Announced in Advance

Please Note: There is no region protection at this tournament. Your team may be paired against or have a judge from your region.

Teams are required to provide the following number of judges for each round.

Need a judge? We have a limited number of judges available for hire for a fee of $30.00 per judge, per round.