tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550124863478158162.post1773844934537896454..comments2009-03-23T13:35:53.083-05:00Robert T. Sherwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17063867868287002509noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550124863478158162.post-5510290585225714162009-03-23T11:18:00.000-05:002009-03-23T11:18:00.000-05:00Actually only the regional winner goes to nationals in AAJ. They changed it about 8 years ago. There are only 14 teams at nationals. You can see all the good teams left out. I wish they would go back to having two from each regional.<BR/><BR/>AAJ is often run poorly. I have never heard of a year where in at least one regional there were major problems. In Atlanta we often only had 2 judges and so we had a ghost ballot. Very frustrating.<BR/><BR/>Joe Lester<BR/>Advocacy Director<BR/>Faulkner UniversityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550124863478158162.post-10438154187221169722009-03-16T12:16:00.000-05:002009-03-16T12:16:00.000-05:00Thank you for posting this. After coaching both the NTC (TYLA) and AAJ regionals this year I was appalled by the Dallas AAJ regional. How can you ask students to use all of their precious spare time preparing for one of the (supposedly) top mock trial competitions only to find that you have one transactional attorney in each of your rounds. <BR/><BR/>Our NTC regional was held in New Orleans, a city struggling to rebuild after Katrina, and each round had four or five quality judges. <BR/><BR/>The AAJ regional was held in Dallas, Texas, the 9th largest city in the country and each round had one judge. <BR/><BR/>Congratulations to Baylor, but there is no way anyone can say that the best school is competing at Nationals. Next year we should just flip coins or play rock-paper-scissors.Mockernoreply@blogger.com