Syracuse’s National Trial League (Various Dates) (14 Teams) Pace wins over Denver. South Carolina and UCLA were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: Chicago-Kent, Drexel, Pace, Ohio Northern, South Texas, St. Mary’s, Suffolk, InterAmerican Puerto Rico, Temple, UCLA, Denver, Illinois Chicago, Maryland, and South Carolina.
UC Berkeley’s National Flash Trial Competition (September 7-10) (8 Teams) South Carolina wins over Baylor. Maryland and UCLA were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: Baylor, Denver, Drexel, UCLA, Loyola LA, Campbell, Maryland, and South Carolina.
Texas’ ABOTA Best in Texas Voir Dire Competition (September 21-23) (10 Teams) Houston wins over South Texas. Texas Southern and Texas Tech were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: Baylor, St. Mary’s, South Texas, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, Texas Tech, Houston, and North Texas.
Drexel’s Battle of the Experts (September 22-24) (10 Teams) UCLA wins over Loyola LA. St. Mary’s and Hofstra were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: Cumberland, Loyola LA, UCLA, Stetson, Hofstra, Baylor, St. Mary’s, Fordham, Temple, and South Carolina.
Denver’s Summit Cup (September 28-30) (12 Teams) Stetson wins over UCLA. Mercer, Illinois, and Emory were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: UCLA, St. Mary’s, Baylor, Stetson, Texas, Mercer, Nova Southeastern, Illinois, Northwestern, Maryland, San Diego, and Emory.
Hofstra’s Medical / Legal Trial Competition (October 6-8) (20 Teams) Illinois wins over Chicago Kent. Drexel and Pace were semifinalists. South Carolina, Mercer, Pacific McGeorge, and American were Quarter-finalists. Participating Schools: American, Brooklyn, Campbell, Chicago-Kent, Drexel, Emory, Fordham, Georgia State, Pacific McGeorge, Mercer, Pace, Quinnipiac, St. John’s, St. Mary’s, Buffalo, Houston, Illinois, Maryland, South Carolina, and UNLV.
UCLA’s The Verdict (October 6-9) (8 Teams) Drexel wins over Fordham. Cumberland and Denver were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: Baylor, UC Berkeley, Cumberland, Denver, Drexel, Fordham, Loyola LA, and St. Mary’s.
Stetson’s National Pretrial Competition (October 12-15) (16 Teams) Texas Tech wins over Baylor. Regent and Miami were semi-finalists. Chapman, Buffalo, Ole Miss, and Tulane were quarter-finalists. Participating Schools: Baylor, Brooklyn, Campbell, Chapman, Georgetown, Mississippi College, Pace, Regent, Texas Tech, Tulane, Buffalo, Houston, Illinois, UIC, Miami, and William & Mary.
UC Davis’ National Civil Rights Trial Competiton (October 13-15) (16 Teams) Texas wins over Florida State. UC Law SF and Loyola Chicago were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: Pepperdine, UC Law SF, Florida State, Stetson, William & Mary, Faulkner, Southern California, Brooklyn, Fordham, St. John’s, Texas A&M, Arkansas Little Rock, Loyola Chicago, Texas, Pacific McGeorge, and San Diego.
Buffalo’s National Trial Competition (October 13-15) (30 Teams) St. John’s wins over UMKC. Akron and Stetson were semi-finalists. Fordham, Cal Western, Pacific McGeorge, and Duquesne were quarter-finalists. Participating Schools: Akron, UNLV, Hofstra, Pace, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Florida State, LSU, Syracuse, Emory, St. Thomas, Pacific McGeorge, Western State, Loyola LA, Wash U, Duquesne, Texas, Nova Southeastern, St. John’s, Buffalo, Chicago-Kent, Fordham, Stetson, Illinois Chicago, William & Mary, Penn, Cardozo, UMKC, Villanova, and Northern Kentucky.
Syracuse’s National Trial Competition (October 20-22) (12 Teams) Stetson wins over South Texas. Northern Kentucky and Quinnipiac were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: American, Buffalo, Cumberland, Fordham, Loyola LA, Quinnipiac, South Texas, Pace, Suffolk, George Washington, Northern Kentucky, and Stetson.
Michigan Bar Association’s National Trial Competition (October 20-22) (16 Teams) Harvard wins over Wash U. Alabama and Barry were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: Barry, Brooklyn, Drexel, Arizona State, Harvard, Lincoln Memorial, Mercer, SMU, Southern, Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Duquesne, and Wash U.
Tournament of Champions (Hosted by University of Houston) (October 26-29) (16 Teams) Baylor wins over UCLA. Mercer and Georgetown were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: UCLA, Cumberland, Denver, Chicago-Kent, Fordham, Baylor, Mercer, Temple, Drexel, Case Western, Pace, Georgetown, Howard, NYU, UC Berkeley, and Wake Forest.
Quinnipiac’s Criminal Justice Trial Competition (October 27-29) (14 Teams) Georgetown wins over South Carolina. Campbell and St. John’s were semi-finalists. Catholic, Quinnipiac, Pace and Hofstra were quarter-finalists. Participating Schools: Baylor, Campbell, Catholic, Georgetown, Pace, Fordham, Loyola Chicago, Hofstra, Mercer, Quinnipiac, St. John’s, Suffolk, Syracuse, and South Carolina.
St. John’s National Civil Trial Competition (October 26-29) (16 Teams) Cornell wins over American. Participating Schools: Hofstra, Buffalo, Pace, South Texas, Brooklyn, Rutgers, William & Mary, Syracuse, Houston, Fordham, American, Emory, Cornell, Touro, Florida State, and LSU.
Loyola Los Angeles’ National Civil Trial Competition (November 2-5) (16 Teams) Akron wins over Cumberland. Stetson and Campbell were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: Baylor, Campbell, Cumberland, Chicago-Kent, Drexel, South Texas, St. Mary’s, Georgetown, Syracuse, Stetson, Temple, Akron, UCLA, Buffalo, UC Berkeley, and Pacific McGeorge.
Puerto Rico Trial Advocacy Competition (November 3-5) (12 Teams) Rutgers wins over Texas A& M. Pace, Fordham, Ohio Northern, Pacific McGeorge, South Carolina, and Texas were semi-finalists*. Participating Schools: South Carolina, Harvard, Texas A&M, South Dakota, Ohio Northern, Fordham, Pacific McGeorge, Rutgers, UIC, Texas, Kansas, and Pace.
Earle Zehmer Mock Trial Advocacy Competition (November 3-5) (5 Schools, 10 Teams) Stetson wins over St. Thomas. Participating Schools: Stetson, St. Thomas, Miami, Florida State, and Barry.
Georgetown’s White Collar Crime Trial Competition (November 3-5) Texas wins over Villanova. Case Western and NYU were semi-finalists. (16 Teams) Participating Schools: Texas, St. Thomas, George Washington, St, John’s, NYU, Brooklyn, Houston, Harvard, Florida State, William & Mary, Quinnipiac, UC Law SF, Fordham, Maryland, Case Western, and Villanova.
UCLA’s The Premiere (November 4-5) (18 Teams) UCLA wins over Pepperdine. Texas Southern and Cal Western were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: Akron, Arizona, UC Berkeley, Buffalo, Cal Western, UC Davis, Golden Gate, Houston, UNLV, LSU, UCLA, Pacific McGeorge, UMKC, Pepperdine, San Diego, Santa Clara, Southern California, and Texas Southern.
Chicago Cup (November 9-12) (8 Teams, 6 Schools) Chicago-Kent wins over Northwestern. Participating Schools: Northwestern, Chicago-Kent, Loyola Chicago, UIC, DePaul, and Illinois.
Case Western’s Case Classic (November 10-12) (30 Teams) Harvard wins over Illinois. Mercer and William & Mary were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: Case Western 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, Akron 1 & 2, Pittsburgh 1 & 2, Mercer, Illinois, Tulane 1 & 2, Ohio Northern 1 & 2, Southern, Regent 1 & 2, Alabama 1 & 2, Nova Southeastern, William & Mary, SMU 1 & 2, Cleveland State 1, 2, & 3, Cincinnati 1 & 2, and Harvard.
Pacific McGeorge’s Gold Cup (November 10-13) (16 Teams) St. John’s wins over UC Law SF. Ohio State and Fordham were semi-finalists. Participating Schools: Ohio State, Campbell, South Texas, Fordham, Villanova, Loyola Chicago, Faulkner, San Diego, Northwestern, UC Law SF, Emory, American, UC Berkeley, Catholic, and Brooklyn.
Fordham’s Kelly Trial Competition (November 10-12) (18 Teams) Temple wins over Georgetown. South Carolina and Stetson and were semi-finalists. Hofstra, UCLA, Maryland, and UIC were quarter-finalists. Participating Schools: Georgetown, South Carolina, Chicago-Kent, UCLA, St. John’s, Buffalo, Hofstra, Stetson, Pacific McGeorge, Syracuse, Temple, InterAmerican Puerto Rico, UC Davis, Brooklyn, George Washington, Georgia State, UIC, and Maryland.
Mock Trial Community Competition (November 10-12) (14 Teams) (ONLINE) Florida wins over Belmont. Virginia and Benjamin Crump (St. Thomas) were semi-finalists. George Mason, Cardozo, Charleston and Regent were quarter-finalist. Participating Schools: Belmont, Cardozo, Charleston, Benjamin Crump (St. Thomas), Texas Southern, Faulkner, George Mason, Regent, Seton Hall, Southern, Connecticut, Florida, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Georgia State’s William Daniel National Trial Competition (November 17-19) Mercer wins over Stetson. Hofstra and Maryland were semi-finalists. (16 Teams) Participating Schools: Alabama, Georgia, Florida State, Hofstra, Houston, Mercer, Emory, South Carolina, Maryland, Fordham, Michigan State, Loyola Chicago, InterAmerica Puerto Rico, South Texas, Stetson, and Georgia State.
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