Moot Court

Many students are active in the Moot Court program at Penn Law, both at the Law School and on Penn Law teams that attend other competitions. Faculty offer support and encouragement to students who become involved in the Moot Court program, recognizing its immense value for the participants.

2L Program

Appellate Advocacy II is Penn Law’s second-year intramural Moot Court competition. Participants research and write a brief and then present their case in one or perhaps two rounds of oral arguments before a panel of students, faculty, practitioners, and judges. The results are then ranked.

3L Program

From the 2-L rankings:

• The top four students become the Edwin R. Keedy Cup Team, working on a new brief in the fall semester and then arguing before a panel of distinguished jurists at the start of the spring semester.
• The next three students represent Penn Law at the National Moot Court Competition (Bar Association, New York City).
• The next 14 students become members of The Moot Court Board and are responsible for preparing problems and reviewing the work of the contestants.

In recent years, students have participated in Moot Court competitions in the following categories:

(Click a category to see examples of competitions.)

• Appellate Advocacy
• Business Law
• Civil Rights
• Client Counseling
• Constitutional Law
• Environmental Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Labor Law
• Oral Advocacy
• Product Liability
• Trial Advocacy
• All national competitions
• Various, in-house, state, regional, and national
• Various, depending on student interest
• Local/state/regional competitions
• Penn Law competition
• Intramurals/in-house competition

Appellate Advocacy

Business Law

Constitutional Law

Intellectual Property Law

International Law

Labor Law

Trial Advocacy

All national competitions

Various, in-house, state, regional, and national

Local/state/regional competitions

Penn Law competition