Judging Form - IMT (2/27-29/26)

Name*

First NameLast Name

Email*

example@example.com

Honorifics*

Phone Number*

Please enter a valid phone number.

Team Affiliations (List the TEAM NAME and CODE NAME if you're judging for a specific school; for example, Shanghai American School Pudong, Team Ravenous)*

Please list every team you're affiliated with--high school, college, law school, etc. This is most important for us to avoid conflicts; we can't have you judge a team who's asked you to be here.

Years of Mock Trial and/or Legal Experience*

Do you have any experience competing or judging in high school, collegiate or law school mock trial competitions?*

I am a current or former law school student.I am a former high school mock trial competitor.I am a current or former college mock trial competitor.I am a current or former law school mock trial competitor.I have judged 1-2 mock trial competitions in the past.I have judged 3-5 mock trial competitions in the past.I have judged five or more mock trial competitions in the past.

I am available to judge...*

Round 1: 2/27/26, 5 PM PacificRound 2: 2/28/26, 6 AM PacificRound 3: 2/28/26, 5 PM PacificRound 4: 2/28/26, 6 AM Pacific

I would prefer to...*

Be a scoring judge.Be a presiding judge.No preference.

1) I have reviewed the relevant competition rules from IMT's website (internationalmocktrial.com).

2) I acknowledge my participation is contingent on upholding good standards of educational behavior (as outlined here: https://www.internationalmocktrial.com/judge).

3) I grant International Mock Trial permission to use my likeness with regards to showing screenshots or videos from competitions on our website/social media.

4) I have reviewed the embedded YouTube video and know how to use TabEasy to judge IMT competitions.

5) After I get my tabeasy.org account, I will update TabEasy with my paradigm so the students know what my preferences are as a judge.

Debate introduced online judge paradigms well over a decade ago. The benefits to the community have been tremendous there and they’ll be just as helpful here.
First, it’s easier for new teams to improve their presentations because they see what most judges care about.
Second, the rounds become more enjoyable for judges, since the advocates have to make strategic decisions about amending their prepared cases to suit the judge’s tastes.
Third, it’s easier for tournament representatives to catch judges with inappropriate paradigms before those paradigms harm students.
Fourth, it solves one of mock trial biggest problems: ‘reading the judge.’ As Malcolm Gladwell summarized in Talking to Strangers, humans are generally awful at interpreting nonverbal cues, which is all competitors normally have when addressing a panel. In real trials, we’d have a chance to know the jury before putting on the case via voir dire. This simulates that experience.
Fifth, it makes judges better at their job because it forces them to think about these dimensions and the activity as a whole before they go into the round, which solves the ‘this judge doesn’t know what mock trial is’ issue.

Name of Signatory / Date of Signature*

Any questions?

Only fill this out if something is unclear to you after reviewing our website, especially the rules.

Please watch this video below so you know how to use Tabeasy.org, our judging system.

International Mock Trial (Judges)

Rules Acknowledgement