National Jurist Highlights UH Law Center Moot Court Rankings
— A moot court rankings list developed and curated by the University of Houston Law Center’s Blakely Advocacy Institute was featured in a recent National Jurist article on the nation’s top moot court programs.
Created in 2010, the rankings evaluate law school programs based on their performance in national moot court competitions and provide an objective measure of oral and written appellate advocacy skills. More than 130 American Bar Association-accredited law schools are included in the rankings.
Over time, the UH Law rankings have become the industry standard for U.S. law school moot court rankings, said Amy Hawk, executive director of the Blakely Advocacy Institute and the A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center at UH Law.
“We’re incredibly proud of the rankings systems and how well-known it is around the country,” she said. “Moot Court teams often make funding decisions and decide which competitions to attend in large part based on the rankings and how many points they could earn at each given competition. Schools also use their standing in the rankings as a point of pride with their alumni and to help with fundraising.”
Each year, the Blakely Advocacy Institute publishes rankings of moot court programs based on law schools’ performances in national competitions. The rankings evaluate results from traditional moot court tournaments across the country that are open to all U.S. law schools, awarding points based on a team’s success and the prestige and size of the competition. Rankings are updated weekly during competition season and finalized each spring.
Once the rankings close, the top 16 teams with the most points are invited to compete in the Hicks Thomas Moot Court National Championship hosted by the UH Law Center.
