Past winners and runners-up of the competition include the following schools:[2] *The 2021 and 2022 NHSMTC were held virtually over Zoom because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Torah Academy of Bergen County from Teaneck, New Jersey had won its state's 2005 competition, but faced difficulties in its ultimately successful effort to gain accommodations to participate in the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina without being required to compete during the Jewish Sabbath.
The school asked for two trials to be changed from Saturday to Thursday or Friday in order to avoid violating Shabbat.
Lewin filed a complaint with the US Department of Justice alleging religious discrimination and a violation of civil rights.
[7] Attorney Elizabeth Price resigned from the Georgia State Bar in protest over the National Board refusing to grant the requests for accommodation.