{"id":4809,"date":"2011-07-05T14:46:42","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T14:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/competitions\/?page_id=4809"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:23:47","slug":"uvaldo-herrera-national-moot-court-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/competitions\/competitions-and-moot-courts\/uvaldo-herrera-national-moot-court-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition 7055"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Uvaldo Herrera Moot Court Competition,<\/strong> sponsored by the Hispanic National Bar Association, is an appellate moot court competition, open to all students, regardless of ethnicity<\/em>.\u00a0 This is an opportunity for students to hone their brief writing and oral advocacy skills, while exploring a complex legal issue, as well as to form relationships with the judges and practitioners at the competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Herrera moot court problem typically tracks a constitutional law issue currently pending in the U.S. Supreme Court. The competition problem will be released in November 2025 and the competition will take place March 2026, in Las Vegas. Travel costs are covered by MHSL.\u00a0 Students receive 2 credits for participating in the moot court.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The competition offers substantial financial awards to the best performers and the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Team won 1<\/span>st<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0place in 2020!<\/span><\/p>\n

Students who are invited to join the team will be required to write the brief for the competition during December-January. In mid-January, oral argument p<\/span>reparations sessions begin.\u00a0 Team members will be assigned to two- or three-person teams and can expect to participate in a minimum of 15 prep sessions between January and March 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

Open to all second, third, and fourth-year students at MHSL. To apply for this moot court opportunity, please submit the following to Esteban A. Rivera (esteban@riveralawllc.com<\/a>) by October 24, 2025:
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