Created by Prof. Joe Lester, Nova Southeastern,
for the Law School Trial Team Community
FALL 2023 RESULTS
Syracuse’s
National Trial League
(Various Dates)
(14 Teams)
Pace wins over Denver.
South Carolina and UCLA were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Chicago-Kent, Drexel, Pace, Ohio Northern, South Texas, St. Mary’s, Suffolk, InterAmerican Puerto Rico, Temple, UCLA, Denver, Illinois Chicago, Maryland, and South Carolina.
UC Berkeley’s
National Flash Trial Competition
(September 7-10)
(8 Teams)
South Carolina wins over Baylor.
Maryland and UCLA were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Baylor, Denver, Drexel, UCLA, Loyola LA, Campbell, Maryland, and South Carolina.
Texas’
ABOTA Best in Texas Voir Dire Competition
(September 21-23)
(10 Teams)
Houston wins over South Texas.
Texas Southern and Texas Tech were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Baylor, St. Mary’s, South Texas, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, Texas Tech, Houston, and North Texas.
Drexel’s
Battle of the Experts
(September 22-24)
(10 Teams)
UCLA wins over Loyola LA.
St. Mary’s and Hofstra were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Cumberland, Loyola LA, UCLA, Stetson, Hofstra, Baylor, St. Mary’s, Fordham, Temple, and South Carolina.
Denver’s
Summit Cup
(September 28-30)
(12 Teams)
Stetson wins over UCLA.
Mercer, Illinois, and Emory were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: UCLA, St. Mary’s, Baylor, Stetson, Texas, Mercer, Nova Southeastern, Illinois, Northwestern, Maryland, San Diego, and Emory.
Hofstra’s
Medical / Legal Trial Competition
(October 6-8)
(20 Teams)
Illinois wins over Chicago Kent.
Drexel and Pace were semifinalists.
South Carolina, Mercer, Pacific McGeorge, and American were Quarter-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: American, Brooklyn, Campbell, Chicago-Kent, Drexel, Emory, Fordham, Georgia State, Pacific McGeorge, Mercer, Pace, Quinnipiac, St. John’s, St. Mary’s, Buffalo, Houston, Illinois, Maryland, South Carolina, and UNLV.
UCLA’s
The Verdict
(October 6-9)
(8 Teams)
Drexel wins over Fordham.
Cumberland and Denver were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Baylor, UC Berkeley, Cumberland, Denver, Drexel, Fordham, Loyola LA, and St. Mary’s.
Stetson’s
National Pretrial Competition
(October 12-15)
(16 Teams)
Texas Tech wins over Baylor.
Regent and Miami were semi-finalists.
Chapman, Buffalo, Ole Miss, and Tulane were quarter-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Baylor, Brooklyn, Campbell, Chapman, Georgetown, Mississippi College, Pace, Regent, Texas Tech, Tulane, Buffalo, Houston, Illinois, UIC, Miami, and William & Mary.
UC Davis’
National Civil Rights Trial Competition
(October 13-15)
(16 Teams)
Texas wins over Florida State.
UC Law SF and Loyola Chicago were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Pepperdine, UC Law SF, Florida State, Stetson, William & Mary, Faulkner, Southern California, Brooklyn, Fordham, St. John’s, Texas A&M, Arkansas Little Rock, Loyola Chicago, Texas, Pacific McGeorge, and San Diego.
Buffalo’s
National Trial Competition
(October 13-15)
(30 Teams)
St. John’s wins over UMKC.
Akron and Stetson were semi-finalists.
Fordham, Cal Western, Pacific McGeorge, and Duquesne were quarter-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Akron, UNLV, Hofstra, Pace, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Florida State, LSU, Syracuse, Emory, St. Thomas, Pacific McGeorge, Western State, Loyola LA, Wash U, Duquesne, Texas, Nova Southeastern, St. John’s, Buffalo, Chicago-Kent, Fordham, Stetson, Illinois Chicago, William & Mary, Penn, Cardozo, UMKC, Villanova, and Northern Kentucky.
Syracuse’s
National Trial Competition
(October 20-22)
(12 Teams)
Stetson wins over South Texas.
Northern Kentucky and Quinnipiac were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: American, Buffalo, Cumberland, Fordham, Loyola LA, Quinnipiac, South Texas, Pace, Suffolk, George Washington, Northern Kentucky, and Stetson.
Michigan Bar Association’s
National Trial Competition
(October 20-22)
(16 Teams)
Harvard wins over Wash U.
Alabama and Barry were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Barry, Brooklyn, Drexel, Arizona State, Harvard, Lincoln Memorial, Mercer, SMU, Southern, Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Duquesne, and Wash U.
Tournament of Champions
Hosted by University of Houston
(October 26-29)
(16 Teams)
Baylor wins over UCLA.
Mercer and Georgetown were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: UCLA, Cumberland, Denver, Chicago-Kent, Fordham, Baylor, Mercer, Temple, Drexel, Case Western, Pace, Georgetown, Howard, NYU, UC Berkeley, and Wake Forest.
Quinnipiac’s
Criminal Justice Trial Competition
(October 27-29)
(14 Teams)
Georgetown wins over South Carolina.
Campbell and St. John’s were semi-finalists.
Catholic, Quinnipiac, Pace and Hofstra were quarter-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Baylor, Campbell, Catholic, Georgetown, Pace, Fordham, Loyola Chicago, Hofstra, Mercer, Quinnipiac, St. John’s, Suffolk, Syracuse, and South Carolina.
St. John’s
National Civil Trial Competition
(October 26-29)
(16 Teams)
Cornell wins over American.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Hofstra, Buffalo, Pace, South Texas, Brooklyn, Rutgers, William & Mary, Syracuse, Houston, Fordham, American, Emory, Cornell, Touro, Florida State, and LSU.
Loyola Los Angeles’
National Civil Trial Competition
(November 2-5)
(16 Teams)
Akron wins over Cumberland.
Stetson and Campbell were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Baylor, Campbell, Cumberland, Chicago-Kent, Drexel, South Texas, St. Mary’s, Georgetown, Syracuse, Stetson, Temple, Akron, UCLA, Buffalo, UC Berkeley, and Pacific McGeorge.
Puerto Rico Trial Advocacy Competition
(November 3-5)
(12 Teams)
Rutgers wins over Texas A& M.
Pace, Fordham, Ohio Northern, Pacific McGeorge, South Carolina, and Texas were semi-finalists*.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: South Carolina, Harvard, Texas A&M, South Dakota, Ohio Northern, Fordham, Pacific McGeorge, Rutgers, UIC, Texas, Kansas, and Pace.
Earle Zehmer Mock Trial Advocacy Competition
(November 3-5)
(5 Schools, 10 Teams)
Stetson wins over St. Thomas.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Stetson, St. Thomas, Miami, Florida State, and Barry.
Georgetown’s
White Collar Crime Trial Competition
(November 3-5)
(16 Teams)
Texas wins over Villanova.
Case Western and NYU were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Texas, St. Thomas, George Washington, St, John’s, NYU, Brooklyn, Houston, Harvard, Florida State, William & Mary, Quinnipiac, UC Law SF, Fordham, Maryland, Case Western, and Villanova.
UCLA’s
The Premiere
(November 4-5)
(18 Teams)
UCLA wins over Pepperdine.
Texas Southern and Cal Western were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Akron, Arizona, UC Berkeley, Buffalo, Cal Western, UC Davis, Golden Gate, Houston, UNLV, LSU, UCLA, Pacific McGeorge, UMKC, Pepperdine, San Diego, Santa Clara, Southern California, and Texas Southern.
Chicago Cup
(November 9-12)
(8 Teams, 6 Schools)
Chicago-Kent wins over Northwestern.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Northwestern, Chicago-Kent, Loyola Chicago, UIC, DePaul, and Illinois.
Case Western’s
Case Classic
(November 10-12)
(30 Teams)
Harvard wins over Illinois.
Mercer and William & Mary were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Case Western 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, Akron 1 & 2, Pittsburgh 1 & 2, Mercer, Illinois, Tulane 1 & 2, Ohio Northern 1 & 2, Southern, Regent 1 & 2, Alabama 1 & 2, Nova Southeastern, William & Mary, SMU 1 & 2, Cleveland State 1, 2, & 3, Cincinnati 1 & 2, and Harvard.
Pacific McGeorge’s
Gold Cup
(November 10-13)
(16 Teams)
St. John’s wins over UC Law SF.
Ohio State and Fordham were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Ohio State, Campbell, South Texas, Fordham, Villanova, Loyola Chicago, Faulkner, San Diego, Northwestern, UC Law SF, Emory, American, UC Berkeley, Catholic, and Brooklyn.
Fordham’s
Kelly Trial Competition
(November 10-12)
(18 Teams)
Temple wins over Georgetown.
South Carolina and Stetson and were semi-finalists.
Hofstra, UCLA, Maryland, and UIC were quarter-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Georgetown, South Carolina, Chicago-Kent, UCLA, St. John’s, Buffalo, Hofstra, Stetson, Pacific McGeorge, Syracuse, Temple, InterAmerican Puerto Rico, UC Davis, Brooklyn, George Washington, Georgia State, UIC, and Maryland.
Mock Trial Community Competition
(November 10-12)
(14 Teams)
(ONLINE)
Florida wins over Belmont.
Virginia and Benjamin Crump (St. Thomas) were semi-finalists.
George Mason, Cardozo, Charleston and Regent were quarter-finalist.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Belmont, Cardozo, Charleston, Benjamin Crump (St. Thomas), Texas Southern, Faulkner, George Mason, Regent, Seton Hall, Southern, Connecticut, Florida, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Georgia State’s
William Daniel National Trial Competition
(November 17-19)
(16 Teams)
Mercer wins over Stetson.
Hofstra and Maryland were semi-finalists.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Alabama, Georgia, Florida State, Hofstra, Houston, Mercer, Emory, South Carolina, Maryland, Fordham, Michigan State, Loyola Chicago, InterAmerica Puerto Rico, South Texas, Stetson, and Georgia State.