Argue cutting-edge Supreme Court issues as an undergrad.
Join the largest intercollegiate moot court organization in the United States today.
For more than two decades, the American Moot Court Association has administered the largest undergraduate competitions for oral and written legal advocacy. Not only have many alumni attended the most prestigious law schools in the country after graduation, they have also gone on to clerk for numerous judges at the state and federal levels, including for the Chief and Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court itself. AMCA alumni can be found everywhere, from business to legal practice in private, public interest, and governmental positions.
Every year, AMCA authors and releases an original fact pattern and two unresolved legal issues based on real case law for use in its oral and written competitions. AMCA then sponsors and coordinates regional moot court tournaments in partnership with host schools. At these competitions, teams of two students argue the case in a simulated Supreme Court argument before a panel of legal faculty and practitioners, often including state and federal judges. Teams that place in the top quarter of a qualifying regional are invited to compete for the National Team Championship title in an AMCA-sponsored tournament. During the 2022-2023 competition season, approximately 1,000 undergraduate students from more than a hundred colleges and universities competed in fifteen regional qualifying tournaments for a bid to the National Championship Tournament. This year, AMCA expanded its tournament structure to allow more than 120 teams from over 40 schools compete in the Preliminary Rounds of the National Tournament.
In December, AMCA accepts written submissions to its National Brief Writing Competition, which asks teams of two students to prepare written legal advocacy for one of the sides presented by the case problem. Briefs are graded by a panel of judges, with the national champions receiving awards and a scholarship in recognition of their success.
In addition to administering the competition, AMCA provides resources to competing schools and students, including help starting undergraduate moot court teams at new institutions. This website provides several resources to explore if you are interested or currently participating in AMCA’s competitions, including the current case problem, competition rules, a list of the regional tournaments, videos of the final rounds of previous national tournaments, and much more.