Financial Officer: Lauren Young (leyoung2@stanford.edu)
Amount Petitioned: $9,080
Full Budget

What is the mission and purpose of your student group?

Stanford Mock Trial teaches participants about law, but law is
not the primary focus of our organization.  Rather, Stanford Mock
Trial primarily gives students the opportunity to improve their
skills in public speaking and persuasion.  These presentation
skills help participants later in life in interviews, debates,
and presentations.  The group is made up of four competitive
teams that travel to regional and national competitions each
year.  In the past year, we have placed first at the Northwestern
regional tournament and the Florida silver-track national
tournament, and we placed within the top ten teams in the nation
at the Iowa final national tournament.

Why are you requesting Special Fees?

Stanford Mock Trial would like to use money from Special Fees to
win competitions.  In the past, we have represented Stanford
across the country, but it takes more than just talent and hard
work to get to nationals.  We also need to fly ourselves to
tournaments and pay for hotels while we're there.

What are the three largest line item requests in your budget and why?

95% of our budget goes to travel expenses.  Airfare to Portland,
Florida, and Iowa for all of our qualified teams is the most
significant line item, then hotel costs, then rental cars to
drive to and from rounds while we're there.