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For example, the First Amendment Center annually holds a National First Amendment Moot Court Competition, in which the judges have included numerous United States Circuit Court judges. [ 52 ] While moot court is most commonly associated with law schools in North America, it is also a popular activity at the collegiate and high school levels.
The National Moot Court Competition is one of the oldest and most prestigious moot court competitions in the United States.Co-sponsored by the New York City Bar Association and the American College of Trial Lawyers, the competition includes up to 191 teams from 124 law schools, who compete in regional competitions in November with the top two in each region advancing to the national ...
The moot, under the leadership of Stephen Schwebel (who also wrote the inaugural moot problem), [13] started as a friendly advocacy competition between two teams from Harvard University in 1960. [14] The first champions were declared in 1963 and the competition opened its doors to non-American teams in 1968.
The Ames Moot Court Competition is the annual upper level moot court competition at Harvard Law School. It is designed and administered by the HLS Board of Student Advisers and has been in existence since 1911, [ 1 ] when it was founded by a bequest in honour of the erstwhile dean of the School who had died the year before, James Barr Ames . [ 2 ]
Various moot court awards are annually given in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna as well as the Willem C. Vis (East) Moot in Hong Kong. . The top prizes in Vienna are the Pieter Sanders Award (Best Claimant Memorandum), the Werner Melis Award (Best Respondent Memorandum), the Martin Domke Award (Best Oralist), and the Eric Bergsten Award (Winner of the Moot ...
The Legal Aid Society of Westchester County Executive Director Clare Degnan chats with Judge James Hyer at the opening of the Legal Aid Society's moot court facility in White Plains June 20, 2024.
The South African National Schools Moot Court Competition is an annual moot court competition established in 2011 aimed at creating greater consciousness and understanding in South African schools and communities about the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and the values embodied by it through the active participation of learners in a moot court competition.
Through analyzing Supreme Court decisions and participating in moot court arguments, participating high school students learn about their rights as citizens, the strategic benefits of voting, how lawmaking occurs, and other fundamental constitutional processes. [5] [6] They also have the opportunity to compete in a national moot court competition.