Interscholastic Moot Court Teams
UIC Law has approximately 20 teams, which compete nationally and internationally during both the fall and spring semesters. Students are eligible to try out for a team after completing the Herzog Competition. Tryouts are normally held in November for spring semester competitions and in April for fall competitions. To prepare for the tryout students need to fill out a questionnaire, list competition preferences, and attach a resume. The tryout consists of a five-minute oral argument, often a portion of the Herzog argument, and a five-minute interview. If the student has already competed on a team, the tryout consists only of a five-minute interview. Professor Joanne Hodge, the Chief Justice of the Moot Court Board, and the Executive Justice of the Moot Court Board are on the selections committee. If selected for a team, students may receive up to two hours of graded credit for their participation.
We welcome evening students and have successfully arranged flexible tryout and practice schedules for them.
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2024
- Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition
- Location: Detroit, Michigan
- Result: First Runner Up
- Chicago Regional Competition
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Result: Third Place
- Wechsler National First Amendment Competition
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Result: Best Petitioner’s Brief and Second Best Oralist
- Chicago Bar Association Competition
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Result: Second Best Brief and Quarterfinalists
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Fall Semester Teams
Competitions are during the Fall Semester
- Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Competition
- Illinois Appellate Moot Court Competition
- National Moot Court Competition
- Navy JAG Corps National Moot Court Competition
- Pepperdine Entertainment Moot Court Competition
- Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition
- Veteran’s Law Appellate Advocacy Competition
- Burton D. Wechsler First Amendment Moot Court Competition
Fall/Spring Semester Teams
Competitions are during the Spring Semester
- Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition
- Ellen A. (Nell) Hennessy Employee Benefits Moot Court Competition
- Jessup International Moot Court Competition
- Lefkowitz Trademark Moot Court Competition
- Moot Court National Championship in Houston
- National Immigration Law Moot Court Competition
- Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition
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Spring Semester Teams
Competitions are during the Spring Semester
- American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School/BMI National Moot Court Competition in Entertainment and Communications Law
- Judge Conrad Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition
- Evan A. Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition
- Domenick L. Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition
- John J. Gibbons National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition
- Harish Memorial Moot Court Competition
- Hispanic National Bar Association Moot Court Competition
- Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
- Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Moot Court Competition
- Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition
Second half of Spring Semester
- Mercer Legal Ethics and Professionalism Moot Court Competition
- Albert R. Mugel National Tax Moot Court Competition
- National Animal Law Competition
- National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition
- National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition
- National Moot Court Competition in Child Welfare & Adoption Law
- National Sexual Orientation Moot Court Competition
- Niagara International Moot Court Competition
- August A. Rendigs Jr. National Products Liability Moot Court Competition
- Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition
- Tulane Mardi Gras Invitational National Sports Law Competition
- Ruby R Vale Interschool Corporate Moot Court Competition
- Vanderbilt First Amendment Moot Court Competition
- Robert F. Wagner Jr. National Labor Law Moot Court Competition