Moot court tests a student's written and oral advocacy skills in competitions representing a case on appeal before an intermediate court or a court of last resort.
Each year 学生 are selected to compete with schools from across the nation and around the world in such diverse subject areas as: International law, Constitutional law, Criminal procedure, Intellectual property and more.
McGeorge competes in 12 or more appellate competitions per year. Day 学生 are eligible to compete during their third year while evening 学生 are eligible in their third and fourth years. Additionally, second-year 学生 are eligible to apply to be re搜索 assistants for the competition teams. These 学生 help the competition teams with legal re搜索 of the issues, including analysis of relevant case law and statutes.
Applicants are judged by: their grades in their written and oral advocacy courses, their work on law review, their overall GPA, and in some cases, 一个试镜. Successful applicants become members of the 模拟法庭 Honors Board for the following academic year. Most 模拟法庭 Honors Board members will compete in two competitions and will be responsible for committee work to further the goals of the Board. This committee work includes organizing and running the First Year 模拟法庭 Competition.
All first-year 学生 are eligible to compete in the First Year 模拟法庭 Competition held at McGeorge in the spring of each year. 最后, 学生, 教师, and staff who wish to stay informed about moot court competitions and application deadlines can be members-at-large.
Inter-School Competitions
每年春天, the 模拟法庭 Honors Board organizes a moot court competition for first year law 学生.
Students prepare a short “brief” consisting of a complete argument on a single issue and deliver a short oral argument. The moot case is delivered as a “closed universe” problem meaning that all relevant authority is given to the student. The case involves an issue in torts, contracts or criminal law.
First Year 模拟法庭 Competition
The preliminary rounds of oral argument are delivered before student judges–typically members of the 模拟法庭 Honors Board. Students who score highly on their brief and oral argument advance to the final round which is judged by a panel of 教师 members. Awards are given for top briefs, top oral argument and top combined scores.
The First Year 模拟法庭 Competition provides an early appellate advocacy experience and is a great way to prepare for the required second year Global 法律yering Skills class. It is also the best way to put advocacy skills on display to 学生 and 教师 who will be influential in selecting future re搜索 assistants and moot court competitors.
For more information on the 模拟法庭 First Year Competition, 电子邮件 Professor Ed Telfeyan.
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Ed Telfeyan, Professor
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