In mock trial, moot court, alternative dispute-resolution and transactional law competitions, our students have brought back a boatload of trophies and broken the hearts of peers from law schools such as Columbia University, New York University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Leveraging their experiential education, our students have not only excelled in traditional moot court and trial competitions but transactional and mediation competitions as well.

Here is a list from last year and this year, for which some winners will compete in national competitions later this spring:

• 40th Annual Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association:

2013 Northeast Regional Champions
2013 Northeast Regional Best Appellee Brief Winners
2013 Northeast Regional Best Appellant Brief Winners
2012 Southern Regional Champions
2012 Southern Regional Best Appellee Brief Winners

• Transactional LawMeet, created by Earle Mack School of Law and drawing teams from the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, Cornell University and elite law schools:

2013 New England Regional Winners
2013 New England Regional Semi-Finalists

• Judge Paul Joseph Kelly Jr. Invitational Trial Competition, hosted by Fordham Law School:

2013 Champions
2013 Best Advocate in the Final Round
2013 Best Advocate in the Preliminary Rounds

• American Bar Association Representation in Mediation Competition

2013 Regional Finalists
2012 Regional Champions
2012 National Finalists

• Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

2013 Mid-Atlantic Super-Regional Second-Place Oralist
2012 Mid-Atlantic Super-Regional Champions

• Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition, by invitation only to the top 16 student advocates in the U.S.:

2012 National Semi-Finalist

• Texas Young Lawyers Association Trial Team Competition

2012 Regional Champions
2012 Best Regional Advocates
2012 National Semi-Finalists

• Peter James Johnson National Civil Rights Trial Competition, hosted by St. John’s University:

2013 Semi-Finalists 

• American Bar Association Client Counseling Competition

2013 Regional Semi-Finalists

• Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition, sponsored by the National Black American Law Students Association:

2013 Mid-Atlantic Regional Semi-Finalists

• Inaugural Bankruptcy Negotiation Competition, sponsored by the American College of Bankruptcy:

2013 Third-Place Winners

• 9th Annual National Animal Law Competition, sponsored by Lewis & Clark Law School:

2012 Legislative Drafting Champion
2012 Best Bill and Fact Sheet Winner

• Inaugural National IP LawMeet, sponsored by Earle Mack School of Law:

2012 Second Place
2012 Best Draft Authors