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 spring, Loyola will begin to hold tryouts for our 2025-2026 advocacy competition teams. Students may tryout/apply for as many teams as they are interested in, but may only accept a position on one team per academic year.
For mock trial teams, students will submit a resume and fill out an application where they can specify an interest in any mock trial team(s). Students then attend one in-person tryout at the Daley Center where they can be considered for all available mock trial teams. Students may be asked to return for an in-person call back tryout at the Daley Center and/or an interview held on campus or virtually.
For moot court teams, students will fill out an application, submit a resume and brief/writing sample, and list any moot court team(s) of their preference. Students attend one in-person tryout on campus where they can be considered for all available moot court teams. Weekend JD students will have the option to attend their tryout over Zoom. Weekend JD students who wish to be considered exclusively for the Weekend JD competition team should include that information on their application.
For dispute resolution teams, there will be separate tryouts for the client counseling team, the mediation team, the negotiation teams, and the Vis Moot arbitration team.
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.
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 spring, Loyola will begin to hold tryouts for our 2025-2026 advocacy competition teams. Students may tryout/apply for as many teams as they are interested in, but may only accept a position on one team per academic year.
For mock trial teams, students will submit a resume and fill out an application where they can specify an interest in any mock trial team(s). Students then attend one in-person tryout at the Daley Center where they can be considered for all available mock trial teams. Students may be asked to return for an in-person call back tryout at the Daley Center and/or an interview held on campus or virtually.
For moot court teams, students will fill out an application, submit a resume and brief/writing sample, and list any moot court team(s) of their preference. Students attend one in-person tryout on campus where they can be considered for all available moot court teams. Weekend JD students will have the option to attend their tryout over Zoom. Weekend JD students who wish to be considered exclusively for the Weekend JD competition team should include that information on their application.
For dispute resolution teams, there will be separate tryouts for the client counseling team, the mediation team, the negotiation teams, and the Vis Moot arbitration team.
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.