Competition Team Tryouts and Registration
ADVOCACY COMPETITION TEAM TRYOUT AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The Dan K. Webb Center for Advocacy is committed to upholding Loyola University Chicago School of Law’s mission throughout all of its programming, including within and among our advocacy competition teams. We welcome students from all backgrounds and perspectives. We value diversity in team composition. We continually strive to maintain a culture and climate free of racism and bias in every aspect of our tryout processes, team instruction, advocate training and competitions.
This fall, Loyola will hold tryouts for our 2024-2025 Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Thurgood Marshall Moot Court team and our Dispute Resolution Skills teams, which includes our Client Counseling, Mediation and Negotiation (both ABA and Sports Law) competition teams. Students who have completed their first year of law school who are not already committed to another advocacy competition team may try out for as many teams as they are interested in, but may only accept a position on one team per academic year.
For our Thurgood Marshall moot court team, students will fill out an application and submit a resume and a brief. Students then attend one virtual tryout where they will be considered for the team.
For dispute resolution teams, there are separate tryouts for the client counseling team, the mediation team, and the negotiation teams.
Details on tryouts for each group are below and this announcement will be updated as information changes or further information becomes available.
Remember, students are only authorized to compete on teams that are formally recognized and run by Loyola. Students may not attempt to enter competitions on their own if they are not selected for one of Loyola’s teams.
Students are only permitted to accept an offer to compete on one advocacy team per academic year. Accordingly, a student cannot be a member of a moot court and mock trial team or dispute resolution team during the same semester or academic year.
All competition teams are associated with a credited course, however, you will not be able to register for the applicable course until you accept an offer to compete on a team. In general, all competition teams hold practices in the evenings and on weekends with coaches who are practicing attorneys. Accordingly, team practice dates and times vary per team and per semester.
For more information about any of the competition teams, advocacy courses or the advocacy certificate, contact Adrienne Mebane (amebane@luc.edu) or Gina Gerardi (ggerardi@luc.edu) in the Dan K. Webb Center for Advocacy.
General Information Session
If you are interested in a general overview of our advocacy competition team programming in terms what teams we have, how they are different, etc…, please consider attending our All-Advocacy General Informational Session to learn more:
You may view a recording of the All-Advocacy General Informational Session.
*You will need your Loyola UVID and password to access the video.
Mock Trial Tryouts
For mock trial teams, tryouts are held in the spring semester. Students will present a closing argument and a cross examination with impeachment where they can be considered for all available mock trial teams. Students may be asked to return for a call back tryout and/or interview. For these tryouts, students will fill out an application and submit a resume.
Loyola has four mock trial teams. Coaches from all four teams participate in the try-out process.
For more information about Mock Trial, you may email Law-MockTrial@luc.edu.
Further details about the Mock Trial Program can be found here: https://www.luc.edu/law/currentstudents/competitions/trial_advocacy.html
Moot Court Tryouts
On August 16, 2024, Loyola will hold virtual tryouts to fill open positions for our 2024-2025 National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) Thurgood Marshall Moot Court team. Interested students who have completed their first year of law school who are not already committed to another advocacy competition team may try out for the team.
Students will fill out an application and submit a resume, brief and BLSA letter of good standing (if available) prior to the tryout. Students will then attend one virtual real-time tryout over Zoom where they will present an oral argument before the Moot Court Executive Board who will be acting as judges. A short interview will take place with the Board after the oral argument.
You may view a recording of a Moot Court Tryout Informational Session here: https://luc.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx?folderID=56726c20- 905d-4c6a-bbf8-b14c00fca6cb *You will need your Loyola UVID and password to access the videos.
Tryout Sign up: Visit and add the TWEN page entitled "Moot Court Tryouts 2024." Signup for one 15 minute time slot under the “Sign-Up Sheets” tab.
Application: The application will be available through the TWEN page. Detailed instructions on when and how to submit your application, resume, and brief are provided therein.
Deadlines: Your application, resume and brief are due on TWEN by Wednesday, August 14th at 11:59pm.
Tryout Date(s) and Time(s): Friday, August 16th, from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. over Zoom You will be emailed the Zoom link prior to your scheduled tryout time.
Other information: To apply and tryout, students use the brief written for their most recent Legal Writing course (depending on whether you are a 2L or 3L) and use the oral argument that corresponds with that brief. If you have any questions or need to request alternative accommodations for a tryout, please email MootCourt@luc.edu.
In addition to attending team practices, all students competing on a Moot Court team, with the exception of the Weekend JD competition team, will be required to take the Appellate Advocacy Honors course throughout the academic year. The course is scheduled for Wednesdays from 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
More information about the Moot Court Program can be found here: https://www.luc.edu/law/currentstudents/competitions/nationalmootcourtcompetitionteams/
Dispute Resolution Tryouts
Client Counseling, Mediation, and Negotiation Teams
Informational sessions:
-Monday, August 26, 2024, 5:00pm (via Zoom, https://luc.zoom.us/j/87349233757)
-Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 12:00pm (in person @ Loyola, Rm. 1303)
Tryout Date(s) and Time(s):
Wed, Sept. 4, 2024
-Mediation Team, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (via Zoom*)
Thurs, Sept. 5, 2024
-ABA Negotiation Team, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (in person @ Loyola, Rm. 1308)
Fri, Sept. 6, 2024
-Sports Law Negotiation Team, 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. (in person @ Loyola, Rm. 1308)
Mon, Sept. 9, 2024
-Client Counseling Team, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (in person @ Loyola, Rm. 1308)
*Room 1308 will be available for Zoom tryouts for those who may need a private workspace for their tryout.
Tryout details and sign-up sheets for all Dispute Resolution Skills Teams will be posted on the TWEN page entitled “Dispute Resolution Skills Team Tryouts 2024.”
To learn more about our Dispute Resolution Skills Teams, please visit: Events and Competitions and Dispute Resolution Competition Teams.
For more information about tryouts please contact Gina Gerardi, Assistant Director of the Center for Advocacy, at ggerardi@luc.edu.
If you have questions or need more information about the Dispute Resolution Program generally, please contact the Director of our Dispute Resolution Program, Professor Teresa Frisbie at tfrisbie@luc.edu.
International Commercial Arbitration and the CISG (Vis Moot Class) – Permission of Professor Required
Students who would like to participate in the Vis Moot Program, with oral argument in the spring semester traditionally held in Vienna or Hong Kong, must take International Commercial Arbitration and the CISG in the fall semester prior. Sixteen students will be admitted to the fall course through an application and selection process (usually administered in April/May). At the end of the fall semester class, eight students will be chosen to be Vis Moot Fellows. Four Vis Moot Fellows will be on the Vienna team and four will be on the Hong Kong team. Teams will travel in the spring for competition.
If you have any questions or would like information about the Vis Moot program, please contact Professor Margaret Moses at mmoses1@luc.edu.
ADVOCACY COMPETITION TEAM TRYOUT AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The Dan K. Webb Center for Advocacy is committed to upholding Loyola University Chicago School of Law’s mission throughout all of its programming, including within and among our advocacy competition teams. We welcome students from all backgrounds and perspectives. We value diversity in team composition. We continually strive to maintain a culture and climate free of racism and bias in every aspect of our tryout processes, team instruction, advocate training and competitions.
This fall, Loyola will hold tryouts for our 2024-2025 Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Thurgood Marshall Moot Court team and our Dispute Resolution Skills teams, which includes our Client Counseling, Mediation and Negotiation (both ABA and Sports Law) competition teams. Students who have completed their first year of law school who are not already committed to another advocacy competition team may try out for as many teams as they are interested in, but may only accept a position on one team per academic year.
For our Thurgood Marshall moot court team, students will fill out an application and submit a resume and a brief. Students then attend one virtual tryout where they will be considered for the team.
For dispute resolution teams, there are separate tryouts for the client counseling team, the mediation team, and the negotiation teams.
Details on tryouts for each group are below and this announcement will be updated as information changes or further information becomes available.
Remember, students are only authorized to compete on teams that are formally recognized and run by Loyola. Students may not attempt to enter competitions on their own if they are not selected for one of Loyola’s teams.
Students are only permitted to accept an offer to compete on one advocacy team per academic year. Accordingly, a student cannot be a member of a moot court and mock trial team or dispute resolution team during the same semester or academic year.
All competition teams are associated with a credited course, however, you will not be able to register for the applicable course until you accept an offer to compete on a team. In general, all competition teams hold practices in the evenings and on weekends with coaches who are practicing attorneys. Accordingly, team practice dates and times vary per team and per semester.
For more information about any of the competition teams, advocacy courses or the advocacy certificate, contact Adrienne Mebane (amebane@luc.edu) or Gina Gerardi (ggerardi@luc.edu) in the Dan K. Webb Center for Advocacy.