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The real test of a law school’s trial advocacy program is the breadth and quality of instruction provided to the entire student body, not just the select few who are chosen for interscholastic teams. Baylor is committed to providing the best trial advocacy training possible to every single student enrolled. U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Baylor Law School’s trial advocacy program as the eighth best in the nation. The bedrock of Baylor’s nationally ranked advocacy training program is the third-year Practice Court Program. Procedure, evidence, and advocacy are the tools of the trial lawyer, and the Practice Court Program is an ultra-intensive study of these essentials. Practice Court is a rigorous six-month program of law and skills training during the third year of law school. Students try multiple lawsuits from beginning to end. Whether or not you want to be a trial attorney, this course prepares you to be a confident, responsible, competent, and ethical lawyer.

The Princeton Review has noted that Baylor Law School "is very small, very affordable, and very difficult to get into. For students lucky enough to gain admission, Baylor’s unique, ultra-intense, and ‘tough’ Practice Court Program is arguably the best training ground in the nation for practical lawyering."

Baylor’s advocacy program is ranked 8th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

Baylor’s Practice Court Program is required of all students.

All students are immersed in trial advocacy training for six months in their third year.

During Practice Court, students spend an average of 10 hours a week in trial advocacy exercises.

Students try multiple cases from beginning to end, while learning to use the latest technology.

An outstanding, full-time faculty is dedicated to training students to be trial attorneys.