Trinity Pacific Christian School and Royal High School took the top two spots in the high school division of the 2025 Ventura County Mock Trial competition, which was held over two weekends at the Ventura County Government Center’s Hall of Justice. This marks the third year in a row that Trinity Pacific has come in first.
Twenty-two high schools and 525 students from throughout Ventura County participated in Mock Trial this year. The winning teams were announced at an awards ceremony this evening at the Ventura County Office of Education. Here’s how the eight highest-scoring high school teams ranked:
- Trinity Pacific Christian School (Team 1)
- Royal High School
- Trinity Pacific Christian School (Team 2)
- Saint Bonaventure High School
- Oak Park High School (Team Black)
- Westlake High School (Team 1)
- Oak Park High School (Team Gold)
- Newbury Park High School (Team 2)
The complete list of results in all the various judging categories is available at this link.
Trinity Pacific will now go on to represent Ventura County in the California Mock Trial contest, which will take place in Los Angeles in March. Trinity Pacific took first place in the state competition last year and in 2021. Teams from Ventura County have also placed first at the state level in 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2008. A list of past Ventura County Mock Trial winners is available here.
More about the 2025 Ventura County Mock Trial
The Mock Trial competition is coordinated annually by the Ventura County Office of Education. The event brings courtroom drama to life as students take on the roles of participants in a criminal case, including attorneys, witnesses, bailiffs, and journalists. This year’s fictitious case is People v. Gold, which is about a city council candidate's kidnapping. The students present their cases in real courtrooms before actual judges. Local attorneys volunteer to serve as scorers. The Ventura County Office of Education would like to thank Superior Court Judge Gilbert Romero and all of the volunteers whose contributions make Mock Trial such an engaging and impactful educational experience.
The high schools participating in this year’s Mock Trial are:
- Adolfo Camarillo High School
- Buena High School
- Channel Islands High School
- Fillmore High School
- Hueneme High School
- The High School at Moorpark College
- Newbury Park High School
- Nordhoff High School
- Oak Park High School
- Oaks Christian School
- Rancho Campana High School
- Rio Mesa High School
- Royal High School
- Saint Bonaventure High School
- Santa Paula High School
- Santa Susana High School
- St. Augustine Academy
- Thousand Oaks High School
- Trinity Pacific Christian School
- Ventura High School
- Villanova Preparatory High School
- Westlake High School
Additional information about the Ventura County Mock Trial is available at vcoe.org/mocktrial.