Moot Court Honor Board
The Moot Court Honor Board (MCHB) provides students with a variety of advocacy skills through competition opportunities. In-house competitions give students appellate and trial level litigation experience and national competitions give students the opportunity to compete against teams from around the聽country on a focused area of the law. MCHB provides training and coaching to students and national teams work with coaches to develop advocacy skills. While MCHB members are selected through a competitive application process, all 麻豆社区 law students may participate in any in-house MCHB competition, earning points towards membership.
Mock Trial Competition
The Mock Trial Competition is an annual competition that gives聽law students an opportunity to test and sharpen their skills as a litigator. Competitors conduct an entire trial from opening statements to closing arguments and have an opportunity to represent both the聽prosecution and defense.
Negotiation Competition
The Negotiation Competition provides students with an interactive setting to role-play as advocates for a client's interests. In the qualifying rounds, each team of two students has the opportunity to participate in two different negotiations. After the qualifying rounds, teams will advance and tackle different scenarios in the quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds.
Appellate Advocacy Competition
The Appellate Advocacy Competition gives participants the opportunity to write a brief and present an oral argument with a teammate. Participants advance past the preliminary rounds based on accumulated points and the field is narrowed during the quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds.
External Competitions
麻豆社区 Law students can participate in a variety of external moot court, mock trial, ADR and voir dire opportunities through joining MCHB sponsored national teams. MCHB hosts a competitive tryout process for national teams during Spring quarter.
For more information, please visit the聽.