Welcome to the Honors Moot Court website at Santa Clara University. Honors Moot Court provides opportunities for students to participate in competitions internally (at Santa Clara University) or externally (at other schools).
The Honors Moot Court programs at Santa Clara give law students the unique opportunity to demonstrate their legal research & writing skills, producing professional-quality work while also showcasing their oral advocacy abilities.
Honors Moot Court students work independently and in teams on their respective competitions, and thus develop and enhance the professional skills needed in the practice of law, such as leadership and team building, project & schedule management, communication skills, and networking with colleagues, supervisors, and members of the legal community.
The two programs are distinct, and both are run by Honors Moot Court boards consisting of third- and fourth-year students who previously competed in moot court.
Honors Moot Court External (HMCE)
The School of Law enters student teams in a number of inter-school, or external, moot court competitions. These are hosted by law schools and other organizations around the country and internationally in various subjects (constitutional law, criminal procedure, copyright, trademark, environmental law, international law, etc.).
Eligibility to participate and receive credit is limited and is based on application and demonstration of ability.
Honors Moot Court Internal (HMCI)
Each year the School of Law conducts an in-house appellate moot court competition strictly for upper division SCU students. Enrollment is limited, and students are selected by the Internal Moot Court Board based on the strength of their application and their oral and written performance in Advocacy.
The HMCI Competition is accompanied by a mandatory two unit course in the spring semester, in which students prepare a brief and participate in an oral argument competition in early April. Applications for the HCMI program are typically made available in late August or early September and are due in late September. Permission numbers to register for the HMCI class will be given to accepted applicants in November.
Contacts:
Honors Moot Court External
Please direct general questions to the HMCE Board at hmce@scu.edu. Additionally, the HMCE Faculty Advisor is Mary Procaccio-Flowers, whose email address is mprocaccioflowers@scu.edu.
Honors Moot Court Internal
Please direct general questions to the HMCI Board at hcmi@scu.edu. Additionally, the HMCI Faculty Advisor is Melody Sequoia, whose email address is msequoia@scu.edu.