Arizona Cactus Classic Invitational

MTUA is hosting the 11th annual Arizona Cactus Classic Invitational in November, 2025. The tournament will be held at the beautiful Pima County Consolidated Justice Court with state of the art courtrooms for competitors to use.

Our tournament is a standard 2-2 Tournament, with two rounds on Saturday and two rounds on Sunday

The field this year includes ORCS caliber programs from schools across the country. Competitors of past can be seen to the right.

Each year, the main point of contact for this tournament is through the initial invitations sent out to teams. If you have any questions about ACCI, please contact our tournament director, Cordelia Ellsworth, at azmocktrial@gmail.com.

At Least Two Judges per round

Each round will have at least two judges in order to give this competitive field helpful feedback and the opportunity to practice various techniques throughout the weekend.

awards 

Our tournament awards teams who place first through fifth, as well as individual attorneys and witnesses.

Diverse & Competitive field

This is the eleventh year we will be hosting our invitational, one which has consistently been attended by teams from across the West Coast, including UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, Arizona State University, and USC to name a few! 

Catered closing ceremonies and professional photographer

In past years, ACCI has provided a professional photographer capturing the entire event, as well as catered closing ceremonies from a local eatery. We continued this special ACCI tradition for the 2023-2024 season.

Previous Champions

10th Annual Cactus Classic Invitational - November 10th, 2024 - Tucson, AZ : University of Southern California (7-1)

9th Annual Cactus Classic Invitational - November 12th, 2023 - Tucson, AZ : Arizona State University (7.5-0.5)

8th Annual Cactus Classic Invitational - November __, 2022 - Tucson, AZ : University of California, Los Angeles (8-0)

7th Annual Cactus Classic Invitational - November 7th, 2021 - Tucson, AZ : University of Arizona (7-1)

6th Annual Cactus Classic Invitational - January 31st, 2021 - Zoom : Georgia State University (8-0)

5th Annual Cactus Classic Invitational - November 17th, 2019 - Tucson, AZ : Hillsdale College (6.5-1.5)

4th Annual Gunslinger Invitational - November 18th, 2018 - Tucson, AZ : Fresno State University (7-1)

3rd Annual Gunslinger Invitational - November 12th, 2017 - Tucson, AZ : University of California, Los Angeles (8-0)

7th Annual Great Sonoran Showdown - November 2nd, 2014 - Tucson, AZ : Gonzaga University (7-1)

4th Annual Great Sonoran Showdown - November 6th, 2011 - Tucson, AZ : Gonzaga University (7-1)

Inaugural Great Sonoran Showdown - November 9th, 2008 - Tucson, AZ : Arizona State University (7-1)

3rd Annual Desert Classic Invitational - January 21st, 2007 - Tucson, AZ : University of Maryland (7-1)