What kind of experience does the mock trial program offer?
We bring in local young attorneys and we do mock trials. We have attorneys come in and act as judges, so it’s a very realistic experience and that whole process covers half the course. Students issue expert reports and rebuttal reports against other teams, which is real life issues when it comes to litigation. For the second half of the course, I teach them about fraud, how to institute proper controls to avoid fraud, what are the risks of fraud and how to protect against and how to investigate fraud. How is this course beneficial to students now or in the long run? Several ways. First off, it’s exposure. They will realize that there is a lot more to accounting than they ever thought. Many students are brought up in traditional accounting, they are taught about the traditional terms and they don’t ever realize that there’s a whole other world of accounting that involves investigation and analysis. Secondly, the analytical skills and report writing skills will benefit them no matter wha
