The Moot Court Honor Society is devoted to the art and technique
of appellate advocacy, with the ultimate goal of training outstanding
appellate litigators. The Society seeks to achieve this goal in two
ways: through classroom training and through participation in intramural
and interscholastic appellate advocacy competitions.
After being invited to join the Society, students enroll in Appellate
Advocacy, a course that focuses on advanced training in brief writing
and research, oral advocacy, and appellate procedure. The course culminates
in the Ilana
Diamond Rovner Competition, an intramural appellate advocacy competition
at the end of the fall semester. Students are selected to represent
Chicago-Kent in interscholastic competitions based on their performance
in the course.
Interscholastic competitions are the cornerstone of the Society's
activities. Each year, Chicago-Kent students compete in the ABA National
Appellate Advocacy Competition and the National Moot Court Competition
sponsored by the Bar Association of the City of New York. In addition
to these two prestigious national competitions, Chicago-Kent sends
teams to participate in a variety of regional, local, and university-sponsored
competitions. The Moot Court Honor Society has an outstanding success
record in these competitions.
