The eighth annual Portobello College mock trials competition for transition-year students takes place at the Four Courts, in Dublin, on Saturday. More than 200 schools take part in the Public Access to Law transition-year programme; this year's competition will involve 28 teams from around the country, selected from a lottery-type draw.

Senior members of the judiciary and members of the Bar judge the mock trials. The competition also features individual competition categories, including newspaper-reporter section, television-reporter section and photography and court artistry.

The schools competing are Coláiste Mhuire, Ennis, Co Clare; Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare; Coláiste na Toirbhirte, Bandon, Co Cork; St Aloysius College, Carrigtwohill, Cork; Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal; Holy Faith Secondary School, Dublin 3; Loreto College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2; Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, Dublin 6; St Joseph's College Presentation Convent, Lucan, Co Dublin; Rockford Manor, Blackrock, Co Dublin; Trinity Comprehensive, Ballymun, Dublin 9; Rathdown School, Glenageary, Co Dublin; St Conleth's College, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4; Coláiste Eoin, Stillorgan, Co Dublin; Castleknock College, Dublin 15; Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, Co Galway; Presentation College, Athenry, Co Galway; Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí, Tralee, Co Kerry; Cross and Passion College, Kilcullen, Co Kildare; Holy Family Secondary School, Newbridge, Co Kildare; St Munchin's College, Limerick; Our Lady's College, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co Louth; St Louis Community School, Kiltimagh, Co Mayo; St Macartan's College, Monaghan; Ard Scoil Chiaráin Naofa, Clara, Co Offaly; Sligo Grammar School, Sligo; Cistercian College, Roscrea, Co Tipperary; St Anne's Secondary School, Tipperary.

Good luck to everyone involved.