Competition Teams
The Center for Advocacy & Dispute Resolution gives students the opportunity to practice specific trial skills and to participate in a one-day trial before a real judge and jury through their Trial Advocacy programs.
Students can expand their courtroom experience, improve appellate advocacy skills, refine skills in client counseling, negotiation, and arbitration by participating in Moot Court or the Mock Trial Competition Program.
Mock Trial
The Mock Trial Competition Team Program trains students to become excellent trial lawyers by teaching them the art of persuasive advocacy in the courtroom. It also teaches them how to effectively apply the Federal Rules of Evidence in the Courtroom to win pretrial motions and make appropriate objections in trial.
Moot Court
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.