Updates

Update 1:

• Please read the 2023 National Criminal Procedure Rules in their entirety. Please email sdcrimpro@gmail.com if you have any questions. 

• Please see the 2023 National Criminal Procedure Tournament Schedule.

• Problem Release Date: September 22, 2023.

• Brief Due Date: October 17, 2023, 5:00PM PST.

Update 2:

• If you have not done so already, please email sdcrimpro@gmail.com with an updated affidavit with your finalized Team participants by September 20, 2023.

Update 3: 

• Please note the following change to the rules regarding brief submission. 

• For your convenience, the link to submit your brief can also be accessed by selecting the button "Submit Brief Here" under the page Submit Brief.

OLD RULE:

Rule 10. Service of Briefs                                                                                                               
(a)  Electronic Copy. Each Team will submit one electronic copy in portable document format (.pdf) of its brief via email no later than October 17, 2023, at 5:00 PM PDT, to the following address: sdcrimpro@gmail.com.

i.       No other formats will be accepted without prior approval.

ii.     The electronically submitted brief should be one document only.

iii.    The subject line of the email must contain the Team’s designated number, and the body of the email must contain the name of the law school and Team members’ names.

iv.    The electronic copies of the briefs will be posted on the Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition website by October 20, 2023, to allow participating Teams access.                                              

(b)   Hard Copy. No hard copies will be accepted.

(c)  Changes Prohibited After Submission. Once the briefs have been submitted, no revisions, supplements, or additions will be allowed.

NEW RULE

Rule 10. Service of Briefs

(a)    Electronic Copy. Each Team will submit one electronic copy in portable document format (.pdf) of its brief via Dropbox no later than October 17, 2023, at 5:00 PM PDT, to the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/request/MNPFxzDqpB0PlNm75DvC

i.  No other formats will be accepted without prior approval.

ii. The electronically submitted brief should be one document only.

iii.    The file name must contain the Team’s designated number.

iv.   The electronic copies of the briefs will be posted on the Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition website by October 20, 2023, to allow participating Teams access.

(b)    Hard Copy. No hard copies will be accepted.

(c)    Changes Prohibited After Submission. Once the briefs have been submitted, no revisions, supplements, or additions will be allowed.

Update 4:

• Please see below the two best briefs from the 2022 National Criminal Procedure Tournament. 

Update 5:

• The 2023 National Criminal Procedure Tournament Problem will be released on Friday, September 22, 2023, at 9:00AM PST and can be accessed by visiting the page titled Problem at the top of this site.