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Donald C. Hudson Memorial Moot Court Competition
Registration for the November 2025 competition
will open in August
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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Gold Sponsor:
Silver Sponsors:
Law Office of Michael Rathsack
2024 HIGHLIGHTS
First Place Overall Competition Winner
- University of California College of Law, San Francisco
Second Place Overall Competition Winner
- Baylor University Law School
Best Oral Argument
- Joseph Bang, Baylor University Law School
- University of Illinois College of Law
Michigan State University College of Law
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Baylor University School of Law
South Texas College of Law Houston
University of Mississippi School of Law
University of the Pacifc McGeorge School of Law
Northern Illinois University College of Law
Stetson University College of Law
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
DePaul University College of Law
Florida State University College of Law
University of Illinois - Chicago
University of Oklahoma College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Rutgers Law School
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Southwestern Law School
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