Baylor Law School | Advocacy Training

Advocacy Competitions

Competitors are selected through try-outs and through outstanding performance in intraschool competitions and advocacy exercises. The teams spend many hours perfecting their knowledge of the relevant law and gaining a thorough understanding of the facts of their particular case. Baylor has a long record of success in competing at the national level in both moot court and mock trial competitions. In fact, because of its standing as one of the top advocacy programs in the nation, Baylor is consistently invited to the prestigious national Tournament of Champions.

Student Trial Advocacy National Competition
Sponsored by American Association for Justice, formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America
2003 - 3rd in Nation
2004 - Regional 1st & 2nd Place
2005 - National Champions
2007 - National Champions

Tournament of Champions
(sponsored by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy)
2001- 2nd in Nation
2002 - 8th in Nation
2003 - 7th in Nation
2004 - 6th in Nation
2005 - 7th in Nation
2006 - 8th in Nation

National Trial Competition
(sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Texas Young Lawyers Association)
2001 - 3rd in Nation
2007 - Regional Champions
2008 - Regional Champions

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ (NACDL) Mock Trial Competition
2003 - 1st Place
2004 - 3rd Place

Southern Methodist Rookie Mock Trial Team
2006 - 1st Place

National Ethics Trial Competition
2007 - 3rd Place
2008 - 3rd Place

George Washington School of Law National Security Law Moot Court Competition
2007 - 2nd Place

ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
2002 - 3rd in Nation
2003 - 3rd in Nation
2004 - Regional Champions
2005 - Regional Champions, National Quarter Finalist
2006 - Regional Champions, National Quarter Finalist
2008 - Regional Champions

Burton D. Wechsler National First Amendment Competition
2002 - 1st & 3rd Place
2003 - 1st Place
2004 - 1st & 3rd Place

Texas Administrative Law Moot Court Competition
2002 - 1st Place
2003 - 2nd Place
2004 - 1st & 3rd Place
2005 - Top Oral Advocate
2006 - 1st, 2nd & 4th Place
2007 - 1st Place & Top Oral Advocate

American Bankruptcy Institute Moot Court Competition
2006 - National Champions

National Telecommunications Law Moot Court Competition
2005 - 3rd Place

TYLA Moot Court Competition
2002 - 2nd Place
2003 - 2nd Place
2004 - Semi-Finalist, Top Advocate
2005 - Semi-Finalist, Top Advocate
2006 - Semi-Finalist

University of San Diego Criminal Procedue Moot Court Competition
2004 - 1st & 3rd Place
2005 - 2nd Place
2006 - 5th & 7th Place

“Without a doubt Baylor’s practice court and evidence classes prepared me for actual practice. At the conclusion of my first hearing as a lawyer, the District Court judge inquired as to whether I was a Baylor attorney. I proudly replied, ‘Yes, Your Honor,’ and he stated he could tell.”