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Notre Dame Law School
University of Notre Dame
P.O. Box 780
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: (574) 631-6627
Fax: (574) 631-3980
Last modified:
June 29, 2007
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2002-2006
University of Notre Dame
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The Moot
Court program, conducted by students, coordinates intramural
and intercollegiate competitions in its appellate, trial and
international divisions.
Established in 1950, the Moot Court Appellate Division provides
an opportunity for students to develop the art of appellate
advocacy through a series of competitive arguments. First-year
students are required to brief and argue at least one appellate
case. Each year a number of students participate in the second-year
program of the Notre Dame Moot Court. These arguments are presented
before courts whose membership includes faculty members, practicing
attorneys, and third-year students. After successful completion
of the second-year rounds, the highest ranking participants
are invited to represent the Law School in national competitions
in their third year.
In recent years, Notre Dame has participated in both the National
Moot Court Competition, sponsored by the Young Lawyers' Committee
of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. In addition
to sending third-year students to national competitions, the
Notre Dame Law School sponsors an annual Moot Court Showcase
Argument in which the most successful third-year students demonstrate
their ability in oral argument before a mock Supreme Court composed
of eminent federal and state judges. In recent years they have
included several associate justices of the United States Supreme
Court.
The Moot Court Trial Division is designed to provide in-depth
exposure to all aspects of courtroom trial practice for the
student interested in litigation. It is available to third-year
students who desire to more fully acquaint themselves with the
subtleties of trial practice. Evidence and enrollment in the
Trial Advocacy Comprehensive are prerequisites.
Students may participate in the Notre Dame Law School Trial
Competition from which students are selected to represent the
Law School in the annual National Trial Competition. This competition
is sponsored by the Young Lawyers' Association of the State
Bar of Texas and the Texas Bar Foundation. It consists of regional
rounds throughout the United States followed by the final rounds
in Texas. The Notre Dame Law School Trial Team advanced to the
final rounds in 1976, 1981, 1982, 1986 and 1992, and were National
Champions in 1993.
The Moot Court International Division allows students in their
second and third years to prepare for and participate in the
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Students
are selected to represent the Law School in the national competition
held each spring on the basis of interscholastic competition
in the fall. The Jessup competition provides an opportunity
for students to develop the art of oral advocacy in the increasingly
important area of international law. In recent years the topics
have included international pollution, nuclear proliferation,
the rights of prisoners of war, and law of the sea.
Notre Dame hosted the Regional Jessup Competition in 1985,
1992, and
2007. The Law School team won the 1985 competition and advanced
to
the Nationals, where its brief was judged best in the nation.
The Notre Dame team also won the Midwest Regional Competition
in 1990, and subsequently participated in the National and
International
competition in Washington, D.C.
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