University of Pennsylvania · leadership & web design

A digital home for a team with momentum.

As president of Penn Mock Trial, I saw a team with a strong presence on campus but no cohesive digital home. I designed and built our first website to make the organization feel as capable online as it did in the courtroom.

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Penn Mock Trial

A clearer place to recruit, inform, and welcome the next generation of teammates.

The design challenge

Professional in a way that reflects the institution, but inviting enough for the next teammate.

The team needed a site that projected the ambition and credibility of a nationally competitive program, while still feeling approachable to college students curious about joining.

I organized the experience around the questions prospective members actually ask: What is Mock Trial? Who are the people? How do I join? Where can I find tournaments and updates?

The site system

Clear paths for every kind of visitor.

Replace these with site screens

01

Homepage & team identity

Drop in the hero or a full homepage capture here.

02

Recruitment path

03

Information made findable

04

Tournaments, results & community

Use this wider slot for event information, a team story, or a key content screen.

What changed

An organized platform for the whole team.

The new site brought recruiting, team information, tournament details, and updates into one clear place — making it easier for prospective members and the broader community to find what they need.

Devon Dorch — Product-minded designer