USD Law Appellate Moot Court

The University of San Diego School of Law Appellate Moot Court Board

The University of San Diego School of Law's Appellate Moot Court Board consists of second and third year students who participate in both intramural and national Moot Court tournaments. The members write mock appellate briefs and participate in mock appellate arguments, in order to strengthen their legal writing and research skills, as well as their oral advocacy abilities. The Board also hosts th

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02/28/2025

This weekend, the USD Moot Court Associate Board competed in the Paul McLennon Honors Moot Court Tournament. Congratulations to our competitors for a weekend of excellent oral advocacy! Amazing job to our winner, Sara Anderson!

Finalists:
Sara Anderson and Gianna DeSantis

Semi-Finalists:
Syd V***a and Molly Regan

Oralist awards:
First: Molly Regan
Second: Syd V***a
Third: Daniella Cortez

Respondent Brief Awards:
First: Sara Anderson
Second: Mia Whalen
Third: Genesis Diaz and Gianna DeSantis (tie)

Petitioner Brief Awards:
First: Lauren Plowy
Second: Ryan Egan-Robbins
Third: Daniella Cortez and Phillipa Villalobos

11/18/2022

Congratulations to all of the teams who brought home trophies! We hope to see everyone next year!

11/18/2022

Another tournament in the books, as the Moot Court board hosted teams from over 30 schools from around the country to compete in the annual National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Tournament. A big congratulations to all of the teams that took home trophies! We hope you enjoyed competing on our campus, and got to enjoy the San Diego weather! To all of the attorneys who helped judge this tournament, we sincerely appreciated your time, and we hope to see you at the next one!

10/23/2022

Big welcome to our newest members of Moot Court! We are so excited for all of you to join, and see you compete!

10/20/2022

Another opportunity to Bailiff if you missed the Alumni Torts Competition! This is a great opportunity to see what Moot Court is all about, and watch National teams from other law schools compete!

10/03/2022

Alumni Torts Competition 2022 | Congratulations to all of our competitors, and a big thank you to all of the judges who volunteered their time this weekend!

09/09/2022

Being a bailiff is a great way to see firsthand what moot court competitions are all about! We are still accepting 1Ls who want to bailiff, which looks great on your moot court application and you will also be fed! Please reach out to [email protected] to get a spot!

09/04/2022

Thank you to everyone who came out this Saturday to help put on our first boot camp for Associate Board members as they tackle their briefs and later the oral arguments for the Alumni Torts Competition!

Special thank you to Joe Daley, partner at Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Professor Gail Greene; Sarah Early, Public Defender at the Deputy County of San Diego Office of the Public Defender; Marlon Mansour, CEO at Neighborhood Market Association; Melisa McKellar, Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo; and Andrew Rodriguez, Law Offices of Manuel J. Rodriguez, Jr.

We hope everyone learned a lot and we look forward to seeing you all impress us with your writing and advocacy skills!