Competition Team Tryouts
Tryouts are open for three of MHSL’s competition teams: Jessup (Int’l Law); Pace (Environmental Law); and Ulvado Herrera (Constitutional Law).
General Information for all competitions
· Improve your written and oral advocacy. No knowledge of the particular area of law necessary, only your interest.
· All teams are open to all students (BL/BAM) who have completed their first year of law school.
· Each team will have two or three student slots available.
· MHSL pays for travel and lodging to competition for students as well as all registration fees.
· Students register for the competition in the spring semester for 2 credits P/F · Specific details below or View Competitions Page
· Watch Campus Connect for more announcements about tryouts for other moot courts and mock trials later this fall.
Interested in international law? Try out for the Jessup International Moot Court Team
The Jessup Competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations.
Application: Please provide a writing sample with your email (1L summary judgment motion or your Advocacy written material). You will be asked to prepare a 10-minute oral argument in which you will be asked questions.
Interviews: Interviews will continue to be held the week of 09/03/2024. Contact coaches Nate Siems and Ben Koll to schedule an evening Zoom interview nate.w.siems@gmail.com & benwkoll@gmail.com. Provide a list of potential half-hour time slots when you are available. Availability most weeknights through 9/6/24. To learn more about the competition visit: www.ilsa.org/about-jessup.
Interested in Environmental Law? Tryout for the Pace Environmental Moot Court
Application: Open now. Please provide a writing sample 48 hours before the scheduled interview. The interview will consist of a 10-minute short oral argument based on the submitted writing sample.
Interviews: 09/14/2024 – 09/28/2024 Time: Email Coach Alexandra Zabinski (alz@mccollumlaw.com) to arrange an interview date. More info about competition: Pace Environmental Moot Court
Interested in Constitutional Law? Try out for the Ulvaldo Herraro Moot Court
The Herrera Moot Court typically addresses a Constitutional Law question pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. The moot court competition problem is released in November and the competition will take place March 19-21, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. Students will write their brief in December/January and can expect the opportunity to participate in 15 oral argument practice sessions between January-March to prepare for the competition.
Application: Cover letter indicating why you are interested in participating; resume; writing Sample (minimum 5 pages). Submit to Herrera coach, Esteban A. Rivera (esteban@riveralawllc.com) before October 25, 2024. Oral argument tryouts will take place the week of October 29.
For more information about the competition, go to: www.hnba.org