BAI
2010 Moot Court National Championship
Scoring Methodology:
Moot Court is about both written and oral advocacy and so the scoring methodology for the Championship is designed to incorporate not only team awards, but Best Brief and Best Speaker awards as well. The competitions are divided into three tiers and points are assigned both on the size of the competition and also its prestige. And because law and law school competitions are becoming more global, points are also awarded for international competitions that are in the moot court style. Negotiation and Mediation competitions are not included on the list.
| Tier 1: | There are three competitions in this tier: The National Moot Court Competition, the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, and the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. In this tier, schools can earn points at the regional competition level and the national competition level. Points are awarded for: | |
| Regional Level: | Regional Champion (7 points), Regional Finalist (4 points), Regional Best Brief and Best Speaker (3 points). | |
| National Level: | Champion (20 points), Finalist (15 points), Semi-finalist (9 points), Best Speaker and Best Brief (7 points) | |
| Note 1: | The winner of the Championship receives an automatic invitation to return to the competition the next year to defend the title. | |
| Note 2: | Since the Jessup winner could be a non-US school, the winner of that competition does not earn an automatic spot in the Championship. | |
| Tier 2: | This tier consists of competitions with 40 or more teams. Points are awarded as follows:Champion (14 points), Finalist (10 points), Semi-finalist (7 points), Best Brief and Best Speaker (5 points) |
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| Tier 3 | This tier contains all the competitions not included in Tiers 1 & 2. Points are awarded as follows:Champion (7 points), Finalist (4 points), Best Brief and Best Speaker (3 points) | |
Additional Notes:
- The 5-2 Rule: In order to qualify for the Championship, schools must have entered a minimum of 5 interscholastic competitions and earned points in at least two competitions.
- Where a competition awards a Best Petitioners Brief and a Best Respondents Brief, the programs split the available points. The same applies when there is a tie for Best Brief or Best Speaker.
- Where a competition awards a Best Speaker Award on the preliminary rounds and a separate Best Speaker Award for the final round, the points will be awarded to the Best Speaker in the Preliminary Rounds.
- The ABA Arbitration competition is not on the list because its format is more like a trial. Conversely, the Vis International Arbitration Moot is on the list because its format is more like traditional moot court.