TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on Mar 12, 2020

The 2020 State High School Mock Trial Tournament that was scheduled to take place on March 20-21 in Nashville has been canceled. After monitoring recent developments related to COVID-19 from local, state and federal agencies, Tennessee Bar Association officials concluded that the safety of students, coaches, judges, family and friends required the cancelation. The decision followed the declaration of a state of emergency by Gov. Bill Lee, and decisions by the National High School Mock Trial Championship Board of Directors and nine other state sponsors to cancel their competitions. “We know that this decision is disappointing to so many students and families,” TBA Executive Director Joycelyn Stevenson said, “and we congratulate each of them for making it to the state competition this year. We look forward to continuing this great competition next year.”