Students who participate in Mock Trial are responsible for mastering a manual of rules and procedures and over 40 pages of witness statements, exhibits, and legal standards before they compete against teams from across southern Wisconsin. They assume roles as either lawyers presenting the case and making arguments (and objections) or as witnesses who must make a convincing presentation of their facts. The witnesses are then cross examined by student attorneys from other teams. Judges and practicing attorneys score students’ performances.
Local attorney Jeremy Vanderloop (from the Madden-Vanderloop Law Firm SC) coaches the team with the assistance of teacher coach Sara Dobberpuhl. The group meets for 1- 1 ½ hours once a week from November through February. Usually there are one or two scrimmages against other schools as practice and the season culminates with the regional competition held at the Dodge County Court House the second Saturday in February. (The team that wins regionals goes on to the state competition in March.) In 2014, Mayville placed fourth out of ten teams at regionals which is quite an accomplishment because ten of the eleven Mayville students were new to the Mock Trial program. | 
