Judge & Juror Registration

Empire Interstellar is scheduled for October 12-15 and October 29-30. You can volunteer for one trial or several—it is up to you. Please carefully review the below message prior to registering. 

If you can, please register for Saturday evening's trial (Round 3).

Your Role

We are looking for volunteers to serve as either a presiding judge or a scoring juror.

• A juror sits in the (mock) jury box, scores the trial, and provides students with written and verbal feedback;
  
  
• A presiding judge sits on the bench, conducts the proceedings, questions the advocates during the oral argument, likely scores the trial (but may not), and provides students with written and verbal feedback. Serving as a presiding judge requires more preparation time than a juror—there are additional materials to review.

If you'd like to preside, we will try our best to honor your preference. But we typically have more people wish to preside than we have spots available. We thank you, in advance, for your understanding and dedication to our students.

NY CLE Credit

New York based attorneys are eligible to earn (3) CLE credits for completing the three parts of judging online mock trial (attend orientation, judge the trial and offer post-round feedback).

• The CLE credits are non-transitional (not for newly admitted attorneys)
  
  
• You cannot earn more than (3) CLE credits for judging more than one trial (NYSBA rules, not ours)
  
  
• Certificates are e-mailed 6-8 weeks after the competition