Lee v. Sawyer College

Lee v. Sawyer College was an unreleased case intended for the 2014-15 competition season. It centered on the death by suicide of a college student.

On April 21, 2014, the AMTA Civil Case Committee issued a memorandum announcing that Lee v. Sawyer would not be released for use. Despite having taken steps to ensure that the case draft would be "respectful, non-exploitive, and realistic," and despite having released other cases involving triggering content, AMTA ultimately made the decision to withold the case after multiple colleges and individuals reached out to express their concern. AMTA was persuaded when others pointed out that: After AMTA decided Lee v. Sawyer would not be released, Park v. Duran was instead drafted to take its place.
 * 1) The participants in collegiate mock trial are themselves college students who may have had personal experiences involving college campus suicide which this case would trigger, and
 * 2) The "inherently adversarial litigation process" of mock trial would likely do more harm than good in terms of exacerbating triggers versus raising mental health awareness.