The Ad Fontes Academy Mock Trial Team participated in the Harvard Mock Trial Association’s seminar for high school teams on  October 8-9 in Cambridge, MA. More than 300 students from across the country participate in this program.  The team was invited to the seminar after a scout observed AFA compete at the national high school competition last May. AFA is the three-peat State Mock Trial Champion and has represented Virginia in the National High School Mock Trial Competition in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Phoenix.

While in Cambridge, the team also took the opportunity for college visits at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. MIT students hosted team members in their dorms.Harvard’s Mock Trial Association was established by Harvard students in 1996 and is completely run by students, including the high school seminar. The Seminar is a two-day program of extensive presentations, case building exercises, and scrimmages, all of which are led by members of the Harvard Mock Trial Association. Many instructors have been recognized on the regional and national level, and are All-American witnesses and attorneys.

Try-outs will be held in October for those interested in joining the current AFA team of four seniors, one junior and one sophomore.