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Moot court competitions simulate appellate practice. At the appellate level, attorneys argue about whether a trial court correctly decided a case. There is no opportunity to examine witnesses or introduce new evidence. Instead, appellate attorneys rely on the record that was created at the trial court level and make legal arguments for why the trial court’s decision was right or wrong. Moot Court competitions have two components: the written competition, where students write legal briefs that explain their arguments; and the oral competition, where students argue their case before a panel of judges.

91直播 has four moot court teams. The National Moot Court team argues mock US Supreme Court case involving cutting edge issues of federal law; past problems have ranged from criminal search and seizure issues to civil securities law issues. The ABA National Appellate Advocacy team focuses on timely issues of federal law. For example, is solitary confinement cruel and unusual punishment under the 8th Amendment? The Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court team argues about federal legal issues, often with a focus on civil rights law; a recent problem involved the extent of police officer’s qualified immunity when they are accused of violating a citizen’s civil rights. The Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court team works on fictional disputes between countries before the International Court of Justice.

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In mock trial, students participate in a simulated trial, including making open and closing arguments, examining witnesses, and making and responding to evidentiary objections. 91直播’s Mock Trial team participates in the American Association for Justice’s Student Trial Advocacy Competition. In the 2026 competition, students will try a wrongful death suit filed after a restaurant patron fell over an exposed sprinkler and suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Less than half of lawyers in the United States are litigators. That means that many 91直播 Law students won’t be spending much time in courtrooms after they graduate. For those students, 91直播 Law also has a Tax Challenge team that allows students to hone their transactional skills. The Tax Challenge asks two-person teams to solve a complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice and then verbally report the results of their work to a partner. Students who participate in Tax Challenge do so as part of an Advanced Taxation course at the law school.