Registration Ends/Packet Releases: March 8

Brief Due: March 18

Preliminary Arguments (all competitors): March 20-22

Quarterfinals: March 25-27

Semifinals: April 1 

Finals: April 3

Overview

• Hone your appellate advocacy skills, both written and oral, on a variety of topics, including criminal procedure, sports law, constitutional law, etc. 

• Travel to New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston, and abroad. 

• Compete as a 2L with the option to compete as a 3L. 

• Teams are coached by 3Ls, often with the support and advice of professors. 

Competitions

• Argue an appeal on a team of 2 or 3 students

• Write a brief

• Oral arguments before a panel of judges

• New international law component

• National Competitions

  • National Moot Court Competition

  • ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition

  • Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship

• Specialty Area Competitions

  • Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

  • Giles Sutherland Rich IP Moot Court Competition

  • Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition

  • Duberstein Bankruptcy Competition

  • National Moot Court Competition in Law & Religion

  • Global Antitrust Institute Invitational

1) Write a short brief from a closed packet of cases.

2) Argue the case.

3) Diversity statement 

• Optional

• Anonymous

• This is an opportunity to explain how your distinct qualities, characteristics, and lived experiences would contribute to your membership on the Appellate Advocacy team