2007-2008 Moot Court Competition Guide
Please note that this list is intended as a guide only. Specifics of the competitions are subject to change at any time. Many competition dates and deadlines have not yet been set for the upcoming year. The Moot Court Board will update the list periodically; however, students are strongly encouraged to do their own research and to update that research regularly. Thus, students are responsible for knowing the details and deadlines of competitions.
Admiralty Law:
John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competition Issue: Admiralty Law Location: Houston, TX (sponsored by University of Texas) Date: TBA (likely March or April, 2008) Registration deadline: TBA (likely November, 2008) Deadline to submit brief: TBA (likely February, 2008) Information available at: http://www.utexas.edu/law/academics/advocacy/admiralty/
Animal Law:
National Animal Advocacy Competition Issue: Animal Law Location: Cambridge, MA (Lewis and Clark Law School, Harvard) Date: February 15-17, 2008) Registration deadline: December 29, 2007 (open enrollment: November 6 to December 29, 2007) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Entry forms available at: http://www.lclark.edu/org/ncal/mootcourt.html
Arbitration:
Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Competition Issue: Commercial Arbitration Location: Vienna, Austria (Pace Law School) Date: March 13-20, 2008 Distribution of the Problem: October 5, 2007 Registration deadline: December 1, 2007 Information available at: http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/vis.html
Bankruptcy Law:
Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition Issue: Bankruptcy Law Location: Prelims - Queens, NY; Finals - New York, NY (St. Johns)
Date: March 8-10, 2007 Registration deadline: TBA (likely November, 2007) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://new.stjohns.edu/academics/graduate/law/academics/LLM/duberstein
Civil Rights:
William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition Issue: Civil Rights Location: Minneapolis, MN (University of Minnesota) Date: February 28-29 and March 1, 2008) Registration deadline: October 31, 2007 Deadline to submit brief: January 16, 2008 Information available at: http://www.law.umn.edu/mootcourt/index.htm Luke C. Moore National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition Issue: Civil Rights Location: Washington, D.C. (sponsored by Howard Law School) Date: TBA (likely early March) Registration deadline: TBA Deadline to submit brief: TBA (likely February) Information available at: TBA
***please note, we have not yet confirmed that Howard will be hosting the Moore competition this year.
Constitutional Law:
ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition Issue: Constitutional Law Location: Regional . New York, NY, Washington D.C., Charleston, SC, or San Francisco, CA; Finals - Chicago, IL (ABA) Date: Regionals - February 28-March 1, 2008, March 6-8, 2008, and March 1315, 2008; Finals - April 3-5, 2008 Registration deadline: November 9, 2007 Deadline to submit brief: January 22, 2008 (via email) and January 23, 2008 (bound) **Registration limited to ABA Law Student Division members Information at: http://www.abanet.org/lsd/competitions/naac/home.html Craven Memorial Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition Issue: Constitution Law Location: UNC Chapel Hill School of Law Date: February 20-23, 2008 Registration deadline: TBA (likely November, 2007) Deadline to submit brief: TBA
Information available at: http://www.law.unc.edu/studentorganizations/uncmootcourt/index.aspx?ID=10 Evan A. Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition Issue: Constitutional Law Location: University of Wisconsin Date: TBA likely March, 2008 Registration deadline: TBA (Likely November, 2007) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://students.law.wisc.edu/mootcourt/ or http://students.law.wisc.edu/mootcourt/2006thankyou.htm National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition Issue: Constitutional Law Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia (Regents University School of Law) Date: TBA, likely February, 2008 Registration deadline: TBA, likely November Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/mootcourt/natComp.cfm Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition Issue: Constitutional Law Location: Washington, D.C. Date: TBA (likely early April, 2008) Registration deadline: TBA (likely February, 2008) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.fba-yld.org/
Corporate Law (see also Securities Law):
Ruby R. Vale Moot Court Competition Issue: Corporate Law Location: Wilmington, DE (Widener) Date: March 27-30, 2008 Registration deadline: October 31, 2007 Deadline to submit brief: February 27, 2008 Information available at: http://www.law.widener.edu/current/moot_court/delaware/vale_competition.shtml #schedule
Criminal Law/Procedure:
John J. Gibbons Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition
Issue: Criminal Procedure Location: Seton Hall Law School (Newark, N.J.) Date: TBA (likely April, 2008) Registration deadline: TBA (likely October, 2007) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://law.shu.edu/administration/registrar_bursar/moot_court/gibbons.html
Employment and Labor Law:
Robert F. Wagner, Sr. Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition Issue: Labor and Employment Law Location: New York, NY (New York Law School) Date: March 5-9, 2008 Registration deadline: October 1, 2007 Deadline to submit brief: TBA, likely January, 2008 Information available at: http://www.nyls.edu/pages/315.asp
Entertainment and Communications:
BMI/Benjamin Cardozo School of Law Moot Court Competition Issue: Entertainment and Communications Location: New York, NY Date: TBA, likely March, 2008 Registration deadline: TBA (likely December, 2007) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/moot_court/MootCourt.asp?Type=1 Competition contact: Cardozo Moot Court office (212) 790-0317 or via email at cardozomootcourt@gmail.com.
Evidence:
Dean Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition Issue: Evidence Law Location: Albany, NY (Brooklyn Law School) Date: TBA (likely April, 2008) Registration deadline: TBA (likely November, 2007) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.brooklaw.edu/students/moot/ or call (718) 780-7970 or email althea.bender@brooklaw.edu for more information.
Family Law (see also Juvenile Law):
Domenick L. Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition
Issue: Family Law Location: Albany, NY (Albany Law School) Date: TBA (Likely first week in March 2008) Registration deadline: TBA (Likely November, 2007) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.albanylaw.edu/sub.php?navigation_id=1017
First Amendment Law:
National First Amendment Moot Court Competition Issue: First Amendment Location: Nashville, TN (Vanderbilt University) Date: February 21-22, 2008 Registration deadline: October, 2007 Deadline to submit brief: January 22, 2008 Information available at: http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/about.aspx?item=moot_court
Human Rights:
American University: Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Issue: Inter America Human Rights Location: Washington, D.C. Date: May 18-23, 2008 Registration deadline: begins November 1, 2007 Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information at: http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/mcourt/
Immigration:
NYU Immigration Law Moot Court Competition Issue: Immigration Location: New York, NY Date: February 21-24, 2008 Registration deadline: October 26, 2007 Deadline to submit brief: January 28, 2008 Information at: http://www.law.nyu.edu/journals/mootcourt/competition.html or contact: Lee Turner-Dodge at ltd213@nyu.edu
Indian Law:
National Native American Law Students Association Moot Court Competition Issue: Indian Law Location: Seattle, WA (University of Washington Law School) Date: TBA (likely mid-February)
Registration deadline: TBA (likely November, 2007) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.nationalnalsa.org/mootcourt.php
Intellectual Property Law (see also Trademark Law and Unfair Competition Law):
The Giles S. Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition Issue: National intellectual property moot court competition sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Location: Regional - Silicon Valley; Finals - Washington, D.C. Date: Regional: TBA (likely March, 2008); Finals: TBA (likely April, 2008) Registration deadline: TBA (likely January, 2008) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.bpla.org/index.php?go=events&evid=1168694628&patlaw=73a0ce07 605ac9acd57bd0fe7cb3a1b5
International Law:
Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Competition Issue: Commercial Arbitration Location: Vienna, Austria (Pace Law School) Date: March 13-20, 2008 Distribution of the Problem: October 5, 2007 Registration deadline: December 1, 2007 Information available at: http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/vis.html
Juvenile Law (see also Family Law):
National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition Issue: Juvenile Law Location: Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA Date: TBA (likely February, 2008) Registration deadline: TBA (likely October, 2007) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information at: http://www.law.whittier.edu/juv_moot.asp
Law and Economics:
Manne Moot Court Competition for Law and Economics (Sponsored by the George Mason University Law and Economics Center) Issue: Law and Economics Location: Washington, D.C. Date: TBA (likely February, 2008)
Registration deadline: TBA (likely December, 2007) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.gmu.edu/org/mootcourt/competitions/manne/
Products Liability Law:
August A. Rendigs, Jr. National Products Liability Moot Court Competition Issue: Products Liability Law Location: Cincinnati, OH Date: TBA (likely April, 2008) Registration deadline: TBA (likely November, 2007) Problem will be published around January 2008 Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www1.law.wnec.edu/current/index.cfm?selection=doc.5139
Securities Law:
Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Moot Court Competition Issue: Securities law Location: Fordham University Law School, New York, NY Date: March 6-9, 2008 Registration deadline: November 16, 2007 Deadline to submit brief: February 1, 2008 Information available at: http://law.fordham.edu/ihtml/mc-2kaufman.ihtml?id=318
Sexual Orientation Law:
National Sexual Orientation Moot Court Competition Issue: Sexual Orientation Law Location: UCLA (Los Angeles, CA) Date: TBA (likely February, 2008) Registration deadline: TBA Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.law.ucla.edu/moot
Space Law:
Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition Issue: Space Law Location: Washington, D.C. at Georgetown University Law Center Date: TBA Registration deadline: TBA (likely January, 2008) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.spacemoot.org/currentproblem.htm
Sports Law (see also Entertainment Law):
Tulane Mardi Gras Invitational National Sports Law Competition Issue: Sports Law Location: New Orleans, LA Date: January 30 – February 1, 2008 Registration deadline: October 15, 2007 Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.law.tulane.edu/tuexp/studentorg/mootcourt/mgcompinfo.htm
Tax Law:
Albert R. Mugel National Tax Competition Issue: Tax Law Location: Buffalo, NY Date: TBA (likely March or April, 2008) Registration deadline: TBA (likely January or February, 2008) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bmcb/mugel.htm
Telecommunications Law:
National Telecommunications Moot Court Competition Issue: Telecommunications Location: Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington D.C. Date: February 1-2, 2008 Registration deadline: TBA Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://law.cua.edu/academic/cocurricular/mootcourt.cfm
Trademark Law:
Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition Issue: Trademark Law Location: Regionals - San Francisco and Finals - Washington, D.C. Date: Regionals – February 9, 2008 and Finals – March 22, 2008 Registration deadline: October 19, 2007 Deadline to submit brief: January 7, 2008 Information available at: http://www.inta.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1295&Itemid= 199&getcontent=2#lefkowitz
Changing Topics:
Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition Issue: TBA Location: Regional - San Diego, CA; Finals - Washington, D.C. Date: Regional: TBA (likely February, 2008); Finals: TBA (likely March, 2008) Registration deadline: TBA (likely October, 2007) **Registration limited to BLSA members in good standing Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.nblsa.org/programs/mootcourt/ Hispanic National Bar Association Moot Court Competition Issue: TBA Location: St. Paul, Minnesota Date: TBA (likely March, 2008) Registration deadline: TBA Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://www.hnba.com/ The Sutherland Cup Competition Issue: TBA Location: Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington D.C. Date: TBA (likely April, 2008) Registration: TBA Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information available at: http://law.cua.edu/academic/cocurricular/mootcourt.cfm Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition (National Asian Pacific Bar Association) Issue: TBA Location: TBA Date: TBA Registration deadline: TBA (likely August, 2008) Deadline to submit brief: TBA Information at: http://lawschool.westlaw.com/shared/sharedMain.asp?strURL=http://www.napab a.org/napaba/showpage.asp?code=moot