The Valparaiso University Moot Court Honor Society is the Law School’s premier interscholastic organization. Society members develop both oral and written advocacy skills through drafting mock appellate briefs and conducting oral arguments all over the nation on topics ranging from constitutional to environmental law.
The Society is composed of second and third year law students. Tryouts for membership are held at the end of each academic year. The tryout process consists of two nights in which candidates present oral arguments from their first-year legal writing class. Tryout criteria consists of students’ (a) legal writing grade, (b) writing ability as demonstrated in their appellate brief, and (c) oral advocacy skills. Students who successfully complete the tryout process will be invited to join the Society the following term.
