Moot Court
Moot Court Oral Advocacy WorkshopThrough its Moot Court Program,
USF strives to provide students a realistic sense of the rewards and challenges
of practice after law school. It incorporates a wide-range of activities giving
students opportunities to practice their oral advocacy and brief writing
skills. The program also aims to give students, alumni and practitioners a
forum for collaboration.
Moot Court
Zief, 011
(415) 422-5118
Email UsStudents participating in the
Moot Court Program oversee the intramural Advocate of the Year Competition in
the fall and assist in preparing and administering an oral advocacy exercise
for the first-year Legal Research, Writing and Analysis Program in the spring. Other students participate on Moot Court Advocacy
Teams competing against teams from other law schools both locally and
nationally in numerous appellate, trial and negotiation competitions.
During the spring, the Moot Court Board oversees the work of the Moot Court Case Counsel as they assist the Legal Writing Professors in preparing problems for and administering an oral advocacy exercise which is part of the Legal Research, Writing and Analysis Program. Case Counsel guide first-year students through the exercise in which they are assigned to represent either the Appellant or Respondent in an appellate case. The students are extensively coached on oral advocacy techniques and are given an opportunity to videotape and review their arguments. During the final oral argument weekend, students present their argument against an opponent before a panel of USF alumni serving as judges.
The Moot Court Board
Executive Director
Ashley Ratliff - aeratliff@usfca.edu
External Advocacy Director
Alyssa Bussey - ambussey@usfca.edu
Internal Advocacy Director
BrianTabatabaie - bktabatabaie@usfca.edu
Development Directors