Moot Court

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Contact: Dr. Daryl Fair (fair@tcnj.edu)

Moot Court competition involves oral argument of hypothetical cases before a simulated U.S. Supreme Court.  Preparation for competition is done through a course, POL370/Topics in Political Science:  Moot Court.  The only prerequisite for the course is permission of the instructor/moot court coach, Dr. Daryl Fair.  Students compete in teams of two with each student arguing one of the two issues presented by the hypothetical case; teams must be prepared to argue both sides of the case.  Some, but not all, of the students taking POL370 will be selected to compete at a regional tournament of the American Collegiate Moot Court Association; regionals are held in November.  Teams that qualify will compete at the national ACMA tournament in January.