MLK Weekend, January 16-19, 2025
The Closer - 2025 - Competitors
A Transactional Law Competition Like No Other
The Closer is a unique invitational transactional law competition reflecting Baylor Law School’s commitment to training practice-ready lawyers. Unlike other transactional law contests, the details of the problem are only disclosed to the competitors twenty-four hours before the first round of negotiations. This tight timeline pushes competitors to identify legal issues and devise and negotiate solutions that best serve their client’s wishes with the efficiency required of lawyers under realistic time constraints.
Is Your Transactional Program Up to the Task?
A significant aspect of The Closer is the competition’s selectivity. Only schools distinguished in transactional law training are invited to compete. This ensures that in every round, the best transactional law students from the best transactional law programs in the country compete.
Closing the Deal With $10,000 in Prize Money
With a substantial $10,000 prize pool, Baylor Law School’s The Closer National Transactional Law Competition offers competitors a significant prize while allowing them to flex their deal-making prowess.
The Nation’s Most Challenging Transactional Law Competition
The Closer is an intense transactional law competition where one competitor per school stands alone to take on a complex transactional problem revealed just 24 hours before the competition starts. The tight timeline demands rapid analysis, adaptability, and high-stakes decision-making, making it a true test of a transactional lawyer’s skill and poise under pressure.
The Closer is generously underwritten by the
Kim and Bill Shaddock Fund for Business
and Entrepreneurial Initiatives at Baylor Law School.
For more information about The Closer, contact
January 16 - 19, 2025
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January 12-15, 2023
January 13 - 16, 2022
January 14-17, 2021
January 17 - 19, 2020
January 17 - 20, 2019
January 11 - 14, 2018
January 12 - 15, 2017
The Closer is a whole new class of competition. What most impressed me about The Closer is the way that the problem required participants to not only understand the deal and the client’s related business needs but also how to map those to a contract draft and how the provisions of that draft related to one another. The resulting negotiations resemble the real-world practice of deal lawyers more closely than any other competition I have ever seen.”
