The Uvaldo Herrera – Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) – Moot Court Competition Call for Applicants
Now seeking applicants from Mitchell Hamline School of Law to participate in the Uvaldo Herrera – HNBA – Moot Court Competition. The Uvaldo Herrera – HNBA – Moot Court Competition is appellate moot court competition. It enables law students to hone their brief-writing and oral advocacy skills while exploring a complex legal issue and to form relationships with the judges and practitioners at the Mid-Year HNBA Conference. This Competition is open to all students regardless of ethnicity. Students who are selected to serve on two-person or three-person teams. Generally, the moot court problem is similar/identical to a Constitutional Law issue currently pending in the U.S. Supreme Court. This process is open for second, third, and fourth-year students. Students will be evaluated in their writing and oral advocacy and selected accordingly. The Moot Court Competition problem is released in November and the Competition will take place March 19th to March 21st of 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. The competition offers substantial financial awards (over $50,000) to the best performers. The Mitchell Hamline School of Law Team won 1st place in 2020!
Students who make the team will be required to write the brief for the competition during the month of December-January. In mid-January, oral Argument Drill/Preparation sessions wherein each student will be assigned to argue for the Petitioner or Respondent in each session. Team members can expect to participate in a minimum of 15 Drills/Preparation between January and March.
To be consider, please submit to Esteban A. Rivera (esteban@riveralawllc.com) the following before October 25, 2024:
-Cover letter indicating why you are interested in participating
-Resume
-Writing Sample (minimum 5 pages)
Students will be contacted about oral argument tryouts after submitting the aforementioned materials which will take place the week of October 28th. For more information about the HNBA and the Competition, go to: www.hnba.com