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2024 Appellate Lawyers Association Hudson Memorial
Moot Court Competition November 1-2
ALA’s National Moot Court Competition
ALA members act as judges, with actual Appellate Court Justices judging the semi-final and final rounds. Past judges of the Semi-Final and Final rounds include: Justice Donald C. Hudson, Justice William E. Holdridge, Justice Nathaniel R. Howse, Jr., Justice Margaret Stanton McBride, Justice Michael B. Hyman, Justice Mary K. Rochford, Justice Maureen Connors, Justice Sharon Oden Johnson, Justice Cynthia Cobbs, Justice Jesse Reyes, Justice Mary L. Mikva, Justice Judy Lynn Cates, Justice Mary Anne Mason, Justice Freddrenna Lyle, and Justice Terrence Lavin of the Appellate Court of Illinois.
Recent participating schools include Baylor University Law School, Northern Illinois University College of Law, Stetson University College of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Brooklyn Law School, Florida State University College of Law, South Texas College of Law Houston, Chicago-Kent College of Law, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, University of Mississippi School of Law, University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Syracuse University College of Law, McGeorge School of Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, WMU-Cooley Law School, UIC Law School, Southwestern Law School, Saint Louis University School of Law, Maryland Carey Law School, DePaul University College of Law and Cleveland State University College of Law.Thank you to our Sponsors:
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Silver Sponsors:
Law Office of Michael Rathsack
Bronze Sponsors
The Appellate Lawyers Association is offering your firm a chance to receive national recognition through its annual Moot Court Competition. Click here for more information.
Attention ALA Members! Be Part of the Moot Court 2024 Team
Planning for the ALA moot court competition is underway and we want you to be a part of the team that makes this competition stand above the others! We hope you will be a part of the competition this year by grading briefs and serving as a judge on November 1 & 2.
Please complete the Judge's Registration Form.
2023 HIGHLIGHTS
First Place Overall Competition Winner
Stetson University College of Law
University of California College of Law, San Francisco
Best Oral Argument
Rylie Pennell, Stetson University College of Law
Best Brief
University of California College of Law, San Francisco
TESTIMONIALS
“The Appellate Lawyers Association is moot court at its finest! I am fortunate to have met and competed with talented law students, intelligent attorneys, and prestigious judges from all over the United States. The entire process enhanced my appreciation for the courtroom, the appellate practice, and the law.” - Moot Court Student Participant
"I enjoyed participating in the ALA competition this year. The judges that we argued before were particularly helpful with their feedback." - Moot Court Student Participant
“Using experienced appellate lawyers as judges is far more valuable to our moot court students than are trial-lawyer judges who often don't understand the difference between advocacy to a jury and advocacy to a panel of judges. Your judges were superb. I've never seen a more well-prepared group of judges." - Moot Court Faculty Advisor