(l-r) Gabrielle Sheets, Noah Martin, and Adjunct Professor/Coach Heather Johnson at the Williams Institute Moot Court Competition on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Law at UCLA on April 4, 2025.
MSU Moot Court remains in the top tier of the national rankings for 2024-25, with another record-making year, reports Professor Jennifer Copland, Director of the MSU COL Competitions Program.
While official rankings will not likely be final until late April or early May, MSU's moot court program (ranked #1 by the University of Houston's Blakely Advocacy Institute in 2024) again set records this year.
MSU moot court teams won three national-level competitions and two regional-level competitions, had one second-place finish and four semifinal finishes at national-level competitions, won five “best brief” awards and two “top oralist” awards, and had a number of other top-four finishes.
“It has been a community effort involving a lot of volunteer time from our alumni and professors who provide students with mentoring and the benefits of their substantive expertise,” said Copland, “but we've consistently pulled off top-tier finishes and I'm incredibly proud at the strength of our program.”
While official rankings will not likely be final until late April or early May, MSU's moot court program (ranked #1 by the University of Houston's Blakely Advocacy Institute in 2024) again set records this year.
MSU moot court teams won three national-level competitions and two regional-level competitions, had one second-place finish and four semifinal finishes at national-level competitions, won five “best brief” awards and two “top oralist” awards, and had a number of other top-four finishes.
“It has been a community effort involving a lot of volunteer time from our alumni and professors who provide students with mentoring and the benefits of their substantive expertise,” said Copland, “but we've consistently pulled off top-tier finishes and I'm incredibly proud at the strength of our program.”
