Advocacy: External Teams

Students competing in an intermural moot court competition during the 2024-2025 school year may enroll in this course. If your competition spans the fall and spring semesters, you may enroll in this course in either fall or spring (but not both). Registration requires the advance approval of Professor Lane McFadden; please contact him directly at lanemcfa@iu.edu to indicate that you would like to enroll. Enrollment typically happens during the first week of the fall semester (because many team members will not know during spring course enrollment whether they are competing in the following year).

Moot court teams that may enroll in this course include (but are not limited to): Jessup, the ABA s National Appellate Advocacy Competition, the Pace Environmental Law Competition, the Anderson Center Seventh Circuit Competition, the Gabrielli Family Law Competition, the Tulane Mardi Gras Invitational, the Chicago Bar Association Competition, the Prince Memorial Evidence Competition, and others with the approval of Professor McFadden. The Antitrust and IP competitions have their own course number and section, with different faculty advisors. All moot court competitions are eligible for one hour of academic credit per year, with the exception of the Jessup and Pace Environmental Law Competitions, which are eligible for two hours credit.

Credit is awarded on a pass/fail basis. The course consists of meetings with Prof. McFadden and other faculty advisors to discuss the briefing topic (when competition rules permit), the preparation and filing of an appellate brief as part of your competition, and regular practice for oral argument.

For more information on moot court teams, please see https://law.indiana.edu/students/advocacy/external.html and contact Prof. Lane McFadden (lanemcfa@iu.edu) with any questions.