UPPER LEVEL MOOT COURT PROGRAM
ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE
All students who have not participated in Moot Court, who have a 2.25 cumulative average and who have completed the first year appellate advocacy program, are eligible to participate in the Moot Court Program. Third year students may earn two credits for participation in the Moot Court Society and must submit an accounting of hours detailing duties to be undertaken for the academic year. Third year students are ineligible for special teams.
FALL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
To fulfill the candidacy requirements in the fall, students must (a) submit an appellate brief of satisfactory quality, (b) present oral arguments of satisfactory quality, and (c) attend a number of required classes. The classes are scheduled for evenings and attendance is required.
CERTIFICATION CREDIT
The Moot Court Board, in conjunction with the Office of the Associate Dean, will certify those candidates whose work meets the standard as set forth by the Society as eligible to register for two hours of non-residence, pass/fail Moot Court credit in the Spring semester. Students receive Journal credit in the Spring Semester only and therefore preregister for them at spring preregistration.
FALL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
To earn the Moot Court credit in the spring semester, students must either (a) satisfactorily participate in the Law Day Moot Court competition or (b) satisfactorily participate in inter-school competition. All students satisfactorily completing the fall and spring requirements will receive two credits at the conclusion of the spring semester. The forty (40) students who will be certified for the Moot Court Society will be the Moot Court Special Teams members and the top participants as determined at the close of the spring program. It is possible that more than forty students will receive credit; only forty will become Society members.
THIRD YEAR SPECIAL TEAMS SOCIETY REQUIREMENTS
Members of the Society may be eligible to represent Emory on the National Moot Court Competition team. To remain members of the Society in good standing, all members must assist in the administration of the Fall and Spring candidacy programs, assist in the preparation of special teams for inter-school competition and assist in the first year appellate advocacy program.
NOTE: The candidacy program is sequential, FALL-SPRING. Satisfactory completion of the Fall program is the PREREQUISITE to participation in the Spring program. A student who elects not to participate in the Fall program or whose work in the Fall program fails to meet the required standard will not be able to participate in the Spring Moot Court programs for credit.
Candidates for the Emory Law Journal, The Bankruptcy Developments Journal, and the Emory International Law Review should note that, while they may elect to participate in both Moot Court and law journal, it is NOT recommended that both activities be pursued during the second year.