Interscholastic Competitions

The competitions listed here are the ones that Pitt Law has been entering regularly. This list is not necessarily exhaustive. Opportunities to try out for competition teams are publicized by email and other means throughout the academic year, though mostly in the fall semester. If you are interested in a particular competition, contact the professor listed for that competition, the Hon. D. Michael Fisher, Distinguished Jurist Fellow, or the Competitions Director, Professor Paige Forster.


Mock Trial

Students can qualify to represent Pitt Law at these competitions either by winning the Murray S. Love Trial Moot Court Competition as a second-year student, or through merit-based selection in the school’s Mock Trial Program. For more information, contact Interim Mock Trial Coordinator Chalon Young.


Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County (ATLAC) Mock Trial Competition

Allegheny Academy of Trial Lawyers Mock Trial Competition >


American Association for Justice (AAJ) Student Trial Advocacy Competition

AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition >


Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) National Trial Competition

Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition >


Buffalo Niagara Trial Competition

Buffalo Niagara Trial Competition >


American Bar Association (ABA) Labor and Employment Law Student Trial Advocacy Competition

American Bar Association (ABA) Labor and Employment Law Student Trial Advocacy Competition >


Transactional

National Health Law Transactional Competition

This competition is sponsored by the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. The competition exposes students to the core competencies of the corporate and regulatory practice of healthcare law. Teams provide legal advice on a potential business opportunity to a hypothetical healthcare client. Pitt Law's team is named in honor of Ronald D. Ecker, an alumnus and Pittsburgh-area practitioner who placed the highest emphasis on excellent client counseling. For more information on participating on the Ronald D. Ecker Memorial Team at the National Health Care Transaction Competition, contact Professor Tomar Pierson Brown. For more on the Ecker family legacy, and their generous support of Pitt Law's client counseling learning opportunities, please see here.

National Health Law Transactional Competition >


Moot Court (Appellate)

National Moot Court Competition

This competition is sponsored by the New York City Bar Association. If a second-year student wins the law school’s intramural Appellate Competition, he or she qualifies automatically for a spot on the subsequent year's National team. In addition, any upper-year student can try out for the remaining spots on the team during the fall semester. Local practitioners selected by Pitt Law serve as coaches for this team. For more information, contact Professor Ben Bratman.

National Moot Court Competition (appellate) >


American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Giles Sutherland Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition

This patent litigation competition is sponsored by AIPLA, an association of IP practitioners. Teams are selected in the Fall in internal tryouts and are advised throughout the academic year by full-time Pitt Law faculty and experienced practitioners from the Pittsburgh intellectual property bar. 

For more information, contact Professor Michael Madison.

Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition >


Cardozo/BMI Entertainment and Communications Law Moot Court Competition

This competition is sponsored by Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University in New York City. Teams are selected in the Fall in internal tryouts and are advised throughout the academic year by full-time Pitt Law faculty and experienced practitioners from the Pittsburgh intellectual property bar. 

For more information, contact Professor Michael Madison.

Cardozo/BMI Entertainment and Communicaitons Law Moot Court Competition >


National Tax Moot Court Competition 

This competition is sponsored by the Florida Bar Tax Section and, in recent years, has been hosted by Stetson University School of Law and the University of Miami School of Law. Teams are selected during the fall semester. The competition simulates tax litigation. Students compete both in brief writing and oral argument. The competition is judged by members of the Florida Bar Tax Section and United States Tax Court judges. For more information, contact Professor Alice Stewart.


International Law

For more information about Pitt Law's participation in any of these international moot court competitions, visit the moots page of the Center for International Legal Education or contact Professor Ronald Brand or Professor Charles Kotuby

Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot

Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot >


Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition

Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition >


LLM International Commercial & Investment Arbitration Moot

LLM International Commercial & Investment Arbitration Moot >