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Trial Advocacy

Honing your trial skills.

Moot court competition
Western State offers all its students the opportunity to develop oral and written advocacy skills as early as their second semester in law school. In the Legal Writing and Research classes, students write appellate briefs and practice oral advocacy skills in a series of practice rounds, culminating in an internal appellate moot court competition. Students who excel in the internal competition are invited to join the Moot Court Board whose teams travel and participate in national competitions against teams from other law schools. In recent years, students on Moot Court have participated in competitions in Entertainment Law, Sports Law, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Corporations, Business Law and Animal Rights Law, among others.

Recent Western State team successes demonstrate that our students have developed the capacity and dedication to compete with other law schools at top levels.

The Moot Courtroom
Western State’s Moot Courtroom serves as both classroom and advocacy courtroom for training and moot court events. The 50-seat courtroom gives students the opportunity to develop their oral presentation skills in a realistic setting during mock competition drills. Courtroom realism is further enhanced by the “judges” for the internal appellate moot court competitions, which include Western State alumni, practicing attorneys and active judges from the local legal community.

Western State’s Moot Court Program has helped many of our 11,000 alumni become highly accomplished litigators and appellate advocates. During practice sessions and competitions, students are able to develop and enhance the written and oral presentation skills which will be key to their success in their future legal career. The Moot Court Program also gives students the chance to interact professionally with other law students, professors, judges and distinguished practitioners. Most students find the Moot Court experience extremely rewarding, with many competition “thrills” that are not soon forgotten.

Prospective Students

RSVP required for all events!
Please send RSVP to wsursvp@wsulaw.edu with the name and date of the event in the subject line. More details will be emailed to you once your RSVP is received!

BE A LAW STUDENT FOR A DAY

Sit in on a class, take a tour with our friendly advisers, and have lunch with current Western State students!

Wednesday, January 30
Tuesday, February 26
Thursday, March 28
Wednesday, April 17

PREPARING FOR THE PRACTICE OF LAW

Where your academic preparation meets practical experience!

Western State College of Law
Saturday, February 23
from 9:00am - 2:00pm

Law is an exciting and challenging field—do you have what it takes to succeed in today’s legal market? Are you up to the rigorous academics of law school and the demands of a career in law?

Join us for this dynamic workshop to:

  • • Hear how our students acquire skills, hands-on experience, and make contacts to prepare for practice after law school
  • • Learn about exciting externship opportunities in various fields of law
  • • Hear from a panel of current law students and recent grads
  • • Meet and network with faculty members, current students and alumni

Lunch will be provided! An optional school tour will be given after lunch.

RSVP requiredby February 15, 2013 for this event. Please RSVP to 714.459.1101 or email wsursvp@wsulaw.edu.

WEBINARS

The Admissions Process | Thursday, February 28
Financial Aid Planning & Scholarships | Wednesday, March 13
Career Development: Western’s Programs | Thursday, April 25
Getting Ready for Law School | Wednesday, May 22
*All webinars take place from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM





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