Students who excel during the Intramural Competition are invited to interview for Southwestern's nationally recognized Moot Court Honors Program. Those selected represent Southwestern in local, regional and national interscholastic competitions as oralists, brief writers or team coordinators in arguing an appeal of a hypothetical legal case - conducting legal research, drafting an appellate court brief and presenting oral arguments.
Southwestern's Moot Court Honors Program is recognized as one of the most active moot court programs in the country, sending teams to over a dozen major competitions annually and garnering many top awards in written and oral appellate advocacy.
A board of governors made up of experienced moot court team members coordinates both the intramural competition finals and the interscholastic teams. Professor Catherine Carpenter serves as faculty advisor.
"Southwestern has, by far, the best first-year Moot Court Program in the nation."
- Hon. Steven Levinson, Associate Justice,
Supreme Court of Hawaii
