The Mock -Trial Competition offers an opportunity for students to enhance their debate skills and boost the advocacy component of students' professional identity formation. For more information and important LINKS, see below.
Call for Mock Competition Teams and Submission of Applications
If your institution is interested in having your student pharmacists participate as a team representing your program, please view the details at the links to AACP 2025 Student Mock Trial Competition webpage below:
Page 1 [Information]: https://www.aacp.org/article/student-mock-trial-competition
Page 2 [Submission Link & Application Instructions] : https://www.aacp.org/form/mock-trial-competition-application
Application Deadline: February 13, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. HST
Description:
Four (4) school/college teams will be selected as semi-finalists to compete virtually in semi-final mock trial rounds. Semi-final rounds will take place virtually on dates in the week of March 9-13, 2026 (to be announced after semi-finalist teams are identified).
Based on the results of the semi-final rounds, the top two teams will advance as finalists to compete in an in-person mock trial competition (courtroom-style debate) during the 2026 AACP Annual Meeting with the Final Mock Trial Competition scheduled on Saturday, July 18, 2026, at the AACP Annual Meeting in in Grapevine, Texas (exact time and room to
be announced). The winning team will receive a $500 prize, courtesy of the AACP Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Section. Names of the two finalist teams will be listed as customary on this webpage (see below), along with those of the mock-trial competition in prior years.
2026 Mock Trial Topic
Submission Topic:
Whether or not Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs) are beneficial?
Petitioner (for): Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs) are beneficial and effective for patients and for the health care system.
Respondent: Patient Assistance Programs are not beneficial to patients and not only ineffective, but harmful to the health care system.
For more information on the Competition, Intructions, Letter of Intent & Application: https://www.aacp.org/article/student-mock-trial-competition https://www.aacp.org/form/mock-trial-competition-application
Ettie Rosenberg, PharmD JD, Chair, Mock Trial Competition Committee Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice West Coast University School of Pharmacy Hoai-An Truong, PharmD, MPH, FAPhA, FNAP, Vice Chair, Mock Trial Competition Committee Director of Public Health Professor, Pharmacy Administration and Public Health University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy and Health Professions Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist… They are wrong. It is character.
-Albert Einstein ------------------------------
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Lauren Ladd, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Director of Hybrid/Online Educational Pathway
South College School of Pharmacy
Knoxville, TN
865-288-5854
lladd@south.edu------------------------------