Tryouts

Tryouts for Hastings Moot Court Competition teams for 2013-2014 will be held April 8-11, 2013.

Applications and tryout materials are available online. Applications will also be available outside Room 431 the week of March 18th. You may sign up for a tryout time only after you have returned your completed application packet to the Moot Court Department 4th Floor, Room 454.

• Two copies of your updated resume.
• Two copies of your Moot Court or Appellate Advocacy brief. (Please edit this writing sample to a maximum of six pages)
• A recent passport-sized photo.

The deadline to submit a tryout application is 3pm Friday, April 5, 2013.

At your tryout, you will be expected to present a five minute oral argument in front of four to five judges. This argument should be based on one of the tryout briefs that will be available outside Room 431. Review the available briefs and select a topic that interests you.  Then select a side (respondent or petitioner) and a specific issue (briefs generally contain two or three different issues). Once you have an issue selected, prepare a five minute argument.  You should begin with a roadmap and be prepared to speak the entire five minutes.

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