During high school mock trial season, common feedback provided by a number of judges is that the student attorneys and witnesses present their cases better than many real attorneys and witnesses that appear before the court. This often provokes laughter from the laypeople in the audience but nods of understanding and some wincing from the attorneys in the room.

Attorneys are urged to volunteer for high school mock trial competitions as advisers or jurors. Not only is this a great volunteer activity that puts the members of the Pennsylvania Bar in a positive light, but participating attorneys will likely end up improving their own trial presentation skills as a result—a win-win scenario.