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2025-2026 Moot Court Program Rankings

 

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Updated 4/17/26

Law School Name of Competition Champion Finalist Semi-F Quarter-F Best Brief Best Spkr TOTAL RANK
Albany Law School                  
American University Washington School of Law Gibbons Criminal Procedure       4     11  
Miller Environmental Law MCC (Pace)         7  
Appalachian School of Law                  
Ave Maria School of Law Law Student Tax Challenge 15       7   22  
Arizona State University - Sandra Day O'Conner School of Law National Native American LSA MCC       4   7 11  
Barry University School of Law                  
Baylor University Law School ABA-NAAC Nationals       6     86.5 3
Duberstein Bankruptcy MCC (NYC)     8     7
Miller Environmental Law MCC (Pace)       4    
NMCC Child Welfare and Adoption     4     5
Hennessy Employee Benefits         3  
ABA-NAAC Chicago Regional 7 4        
Wechsler National First Amendment Competition 11          
Hicks Thomas Moot Court National Championship   16        
San Diego National Criminal Procedure Tournament           5
BG Wayne E. Alley Military Law Moot Court Competition           3
Belmont University Law School ABA-NAAC Philadelphia Regional 7           7  
Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law Billings, Exum, and Frye National Moot Court Championship 15           15  
Boston College Law School National Moot Court Competition - Nationals     10       17  
NMCC Region 1 7          
Boston University School of Law                  
Brigham Young University Law School Kaufman Securities MCC   4         12  
Wechsler National First Amendment Competition   8        
Brooklyn Law school Tuoro MCC in Law and Religion           3 3  
California Western School of Law                  
Campbell University, Wiggins School of Law NMCC Region 5 7           8.25  
National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition         1.25  
Capital University Law School                  
Catholic University - Columbus                  
Case Western Reserve University School of Law                  
Chapman University Fowler School of Law National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition   8     1.25   9.25  
Charleston School of Law John Brown Admiralty     4       4  
Chicago-Kent College of Law Tuoro MCC in Law and Religion         3   13  
Gabrielli Family Law MCC     4      
ABA-NAAC San Francisco Regional           3
Zehmer Worker's Compensation Competition           3
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law ABA-NAAC Chicago Regional           3 15  
Spong Invitational Moot Court Tournament (W&M)   12        
Columbia University Law School Asylum Gender and Refugee - UC Davis   4         60 11
Jessup International Law - US National     10      
National Native American LSA MCC 15 12   4    
Miller Environmental Law MCC (Pace) 15          
Concord Law School                  
Cornell University Law School                  
Creighton University School of Law               9  
Dayton University School of Law MSU Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation MCC     4       4  
DePaul University College of Law                  
Detroit-Mercy School of Law MSU Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation MCC 11         5 16  
Drake University School of Law Miller Environmental Law MCC (Pace)           7 11  
NMCC Region 13   4        
Drexel University Law School NMCC Region 3   4         4  
Duke University Law School NBLSA Thurgood Marshall   12     3.5   15.5  
Duquesne University Law School ABA-NAAC Nationals 20           46 14
Jessup International Law - US National           9
Notre Dame Religious Freedom MCT         3  
ABA-NAAC Chicago Regional 7          
CSU Rock and Roll Music Festival 7          
Elon University Law School                  
Emory University Law School Kaufman Securities MCC 7           23  
Jessup International Law - US National   16        
Faulkner University-Thomas Jones School of Law                  
Florida A & M University School of Law                  
Florida State University Law School Seiganthaler-Sutherland National First Amendment         5   13  
UCLA Cybercrimes MCC   4        
Spong Invitational Moot Court Tournament (W&M)       4    
Florida Coastal School of Law                  
Florida International School of Law ABA-NAAC Philadelphia Regional   4         9.75  
Billings, Exum, and Frye National Moot Court Championship       4 1.75  
Fordham University Law School Jessup International Law - US National       6     40 19
UCLA Cybercrimes MCC 7       3  
Spong Invitational Moot Court Tournament (W&M)     8      
National Immigration Law Competition (NYU)         5  
NMCC Region 2 7          
Wechsler National First Amendment Competition     4      
George Mason University School of Law Gibbons Criminal Procedure       4     22.25  
Schreck Gaming Law MCC (UNLV)         3  
ABA-NAAC Brooklyn Regional   4        
Hassell National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition   4     1.5  
Billings, Exum, and Frye National Moot Court Championship       4 1.75  
Georgetown University Law School Wechsler Criminal (Buffalo)   8       5 23  
Notre Dame Religious Freedom MCT 7         3
George Washington University School of Law UC San Francisco Constitutional Law   4     3   17  
Law & Economics Center Antitrust MCC (GMU) 7         3
Georgia State University Law School Wagner Labor and Employment MCC         3.5   7.5  
Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Championship     4      
Golden Gate University School of Law                  
Gonzaga University School of Law                  
Harvard University Law School Jessup International Law - US National 20           24  
NMCC Region 1   4        
Hofstra University School of Law                  
Howard University Law School                  
Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington Miller Environmental Law MCC (Pace)     8       13  
Gabrielli Family Law MCC           5
Indiana University McKinney School of Law - Indianapolis National Tax MCC (Stetson)   4     3 3 13.5  
Wagner Labor and Employment MCC           3.5
John Marshall Law School - Atlanta                  
John Marshall Law School - Chicago                  
Liberty University School of Law National Tax MCC (Stetson) 7           30.5 24
ABA-NAAC Philadelphia Regional   4     3  
Spong Invitational Moot Court Tournament (W&M)         3.5  
Claude Pepper Elder Law Moot Court Competition           3
Hicks Thomas Moot Court National Championship       6    
Billings, Exum, and Frye National Moot Court Championship       4    
Lewis & Clark University Law School Miller Environmental Law MCC (Pace)   6         6  
Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition         1.25   1.25  
Louisiana State University School of Law National Energy and Sustainability MCC     4       4  
Loyola University Chicago School of Law FBA Thurgood Marshall       4     96 1
Saul Lefkowitz MCC   12     7  
NBLSA Thurgood Marshall       4   7
National Moot Court Competition - Nationals 20         9
NMCC Region 10   4        
Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition 15   8      
Hicks Thomas Moot Court National Championship       6    
Loyola University Los Angeles School of Law NMCC Region 15 7           11  
ABA-NAAC Las Vegas Regional   4        
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law ABA-NAAC Nationals       6     21  
Schreck Gaming Law MCC (UNLV)   4        
ABA-NAAC Chicago Regional 7          
Miller Environmental Law MCC (Pace)       4    
Marquette University Law School Spong Invitational Moot Court Tournament (W&M)       4     10  
National Moot Court Competition - Nationals       6    
McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific Gibbons Criminal Procedure       4     29.75  
ABA-NAAC San Francisco Regional   4     3  
Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Championship           5
Billings, Exum, and Frye National Moot Court Championship   12     1.75  
Mercer University School of Law ABA-NAAC Nationals       12   9 43 17
Wagner Labor and Employment MCC       4    
ABA-NAAC San Francisco Regional 14          
NMCC Region 6   4        
Michigan State University College of Law MSU Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation MCC   8         78.5 6
Gibbons Criminal Procedure     8   1.75  
NMCC Child Welfare and Adoption 11   4   5  
ABA-NAAC Las Vegas Regional 7         3
Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Championship 11          
Billings, Exum, and Frye National Moot Court Championship     8   1.75  
Zehmer Worker's Compensation Competition 7       3  
Minnesota University Law School                  
Mississippi College School of Law                  
Mitchell Hamline School of Law McGee Civil Rights   4         4  
New England School of Law                  
New Mexico University Law School                  
New York Law School Kaufman Securities MCC         3   15.75  
FBA Thurgood Marshall     8      
Gibbons Criminal Procedure         1.75  
CSU Rock and Roll Music Festival         3  
NYU Law School Spong Invitational Moot Court Tournament (W&M)       4     72  
Siegenthaler-Sutherland National First Amendment   8        
Wechsler Criminal (Buffalo)         5  
Prince Evidence MCC     4      
Asylum Gender and Refugee - UC Davis 7          
Tuoro MCC in Law and Religion   4        
NBLSA Thurgood Marshall 15          
Saul Lefkowitz MCC 15         7
UCLA Cybercrimes MCC           3
Northeastern University Law School ABA-NAAC Brooklyn Regional   4         4  
Northern Illinois University College of Law                  
Northwestern University School of Law Wagner Labor and Employment MCC 15         3.5 18.5  
Notre Dame University Law School Jessup International Law - US National       6     13  
ABA-NAAC Philadelphia Regional 7          
Nova Southeastern University Law School NMCC Region 9 7           7  
Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law                  
Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition       4     4  
Oklahoma City University School of Law                  
Pace University - Elizabeth Haub School of Law NLLSA MCC         2   2  
Pennsylvania State University School of Law                  
Pepperdine University Law School ABA-NAAC Las Vegas Regional   4         13.25  
San Diego National Criminal Procedure Tournament     4      
National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition     4   1.25  
Phoenix University School of Law                  
Quinnipiac University School of Law CSU Rock and Roll Music Festival           3 3  
Regent University School of Law Tuoro MCC in Law and Religion 7           71 T-7
Gibbons Criminal Procedure 15         7
Spong Invitational Moot Court Tournament (W&M) 15          
Hicks Thomas Moot Court National Championship 20          
BG Wayne E. Alley Military Law Moot Court Competition 7          
Roger Williams University School of Law John Brown Admiralty           5 5  
Rutgers University Law School FBA Thurgood Marshall       4     14  
ABA-NAAC Brooklyn Regional 7         3
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law ABA-NAAC Boston Regional   4       3 7  
Santa Clara University Law School                  
Seattle University School of Law NMCC Region 14   4         4  
Seton Hall University School of Law HNBA Herrera NMCC   8         44 15
Wagner Labor and Employment MCC       4    
NMCC Region 2   4        
Wechsler National First Amendment Competition     4      
Mardi Gras Moot Court Invitational     4   5  
Hicks Thomas Moot Court National Championship       6 9  
South Dakota University Law School                  
South Texas College of Law Houston NLLSA MCC   3       1 90 2
John Brown Admiralty         5  
UC San Francisco Constitutional Law           3
HNBA Herrera NMCC     4     5
ABA-NAAC Chicago Regional   4     3  
National Telecommunications and Technology Competition   4       3
NMCC Region 8 7          
Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Championship   8        
Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition   12     7  
ALA - Hudson Memorial Moot Court Competition 7       3 3
National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition     4      
Energy and Mineral Law Foundation Moot Court Competition 4          
Southern Illinois University Law School CSU Rock and Roll Music Festival   4         8  
Mardi Gras Moot Court Invitational     4      
SMU Dedman School of Law Wechsler National First Amendment Competition         2.5   2.5  
Southwestern Law School ABA-NAAC Las Vegas Regional         3   3  
St. John's University Law School Kaufman Securities MCC           3 7  
Notre Dame Religious Freedom MCT   4        
St. Louis University School of Law Billings, Exum, and Frye National Moot Court Championship           7 7  
St. Mary's University School of Law NBLSA Thurgood Marshall     8       37 20
NLLSA MCC 4         1
FBA Thurgood Marshall   12        
ABA-NAAC Chicago Regional   4        
National Immigration Law Competition (NYU)   8        
St. Thomas University School of Law Jessup International Law - US National       6     43.5 16
Prince Evidence MCC     4      
Gibbons Criminal Procedure   12     3.5  
HNBA Herrera NMCC     4   5  
Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Championship     4   5  
Stanford University Law School                  
Stetson University School of Law ABA-NAAC Boston Regional 7           35.5 21
Hassell National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition 7       1.5  
ALA - Hudson Memorial Moot Court Competition   4        
National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition 11         5
Suffolk University Law School                  
SUNY Buffalo Law School                  
Syracuse University College of Law BG Wayne E. Alley Military Law Moot Court Competition         1   1  
Texas A & M School of Law                  
Temple University Law School FBA Thurgood Marshall       4 7   11  
Texas Tech University School of Law National Energy and Sustainability MCC 11   4   5 5 85.5 4
ABA-NAAC Boston Regional 7 4        
Claude Pepper Elder Law Moot Court Competition   4        
NMCC Region 11 7          
National Moot Court Competition - Nationals   16     9  
Chapman Lewis & Clark Moot Court Invitational 7       1.5 3
BG Wayne E. Alley Military Law Moot Court Competition   4     1  
Thomas Cooley School of Law                  
Thomas Jefferson School of Law                  
Touro Law Center                  
Tulane University Law School                  
University of Akron School of Law ABA-NAAC Nationals   16         23  
ABA-NAAC Philadelphia Regional 7          
University of Alabama School of Law ABA-NAAC Boston Regional 7 4         11  
University of Arizona College of Law                  
University of Arkansas-Little Rock School of Law                  
University of Arkansas-Fayetteville School of Law ABA-NAAC Nationals         9   25.5  
ABA-NAAC Las Vegas Regional 14          
Wechsler National First Amendment Competition         2.5  
University of Baltimore School of Law NBLSA Thurgood Marshall         3.5   7.5  
ABA-NAAC Philadelphia Regional   4        
University of Buffalo Law School                  
University of California-Berkeley School of Law Asylum Gender and Refugee - UC Davis           3 14  
ABA-NAAC San Francisco Regional 7 4        
University of California-Davis School of Law                  
University of California - Irvine School of Law                  
University of California-Los Angeles School of Law ABA-NAAC San Francisco Regional   8         53 13
National Native American LSA MCC       4    
Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition     8      
Emory Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Competition 11          
Hicks Thomas Moot Court National Championship       6    
San Diego National Criminal Procedure Tournament 11       5  
University of California-San Francisco School of Law Asylum Gender and Refugee - UC Davis         3   64 9
Schreck Gaming Law MCC (UNLV)           3
Duberstein Bankruptcy MCC (NYC)       4    
ABA-NAAC San Francisco Regional 7          
Spong Invitational Moot Court Tournament (W&M)         3.5 7
NMCC Region 15   4        
Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition   8       7
National Health Law Moot Court Competition   4        
San Diego National Criminal Procedure Tournament   8        
Chapman Lewis & Clark Moot Court Invitational   4     1.5  
University of Chicago School of Law                  
University of Cincinnati Law School National Immigration Law Competition (NYU)     4       4  
University of Colorado Law School                  
University of Connecticut School of Law                  
University of Dayton Law School                  
University of Denver Sturm College of Law                  
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law                  
University of Florida, Levin College of Law Gabrielli Family Law MCC     4   5   30 T-25
Gibbons Criminal Procedure       4    
McGee Civil Rights 7         3
ABA-NAAC Brooklyn Regional   4        
Hassell National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition           3
University of Georgia School of Law ABA-NAAC Nationals     10       71 T-7
Law Student Tax Challenge     8      
MSU Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation MCC         5  
ABA-NAAC Brooklyn Regional 14       3  
Spong Invitational Moot Court Tournament (W&M)     8      
NMCC Region 6 7          
Claude Pepper Elder Law Moot Court Competition 7          
Emory Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Competition     4     5
University of Hawaii Law School                  
University of Houston Law Center Miller Environmental Law MCC (Pace)       4     12  
Claude Pepper Elder Law Moot Court Competition         3  
Wechsler National First Amendment Competition           5
University of Idaho School of Law                  
University of Iowa College of Law                  
University of Illinois Law School NMCC Region 10 7           7  
University of Ilinois-Chicago School of Law McGee Civil Rights         3   15  
ABA-NAAC Las Vegas Regional   4        
Mardi Gras Moot Court Invitational   8        
University of Kansas School of Law Wechsler Criminal (Buffalo)     4       30 T-25
National Native American LSA MCC     8      
Wagner Labor and Employment MCC     8      
Hicks Thomas Moot Court National Championship     10      
University of Kentucky College of Law NMCC Region 8   4         4  
University of La Verne College of Law                  
University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law                  
University of Maine Law School McGee Civil Rights         1.5   4.5  
Bryant Moore MCC         3  
University of Maryland Carey School of Law                  
University of Memphis School of Law ABA-NAAC Las Vegas Regional 7           7  
University of Miami School of Law Wechsler Criminal (Buffalo) 11           83 5
Prince Evidence MCC   8     2.5  
Seigenthaler-Sutherland National First Amendment     4      
Gibbons Criminal Procedure     8      
Wagner Labor and Employment MCC   12     3.5  
ABA-NAAC Boston Regional   4     3  
NMCC Region 9   4        
Emory Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Competition     4      
Hicks Thomas Moot Court National Championship     10     9
University of Michigan Law School                  
University of Minnesota Law School FBA Thurgood Marshall       4   7 62 10
ABA-NAAC Philadelphia Regional 7         3
Miller Environmental Law MCC (Pace)   6        
NMCC Region 13 7          
National Moot Court Competition - Nationals       6    
Mardi Gras Moot Court Invitational 11         5
National Health Law Moot Court Competition         3 3
University of Mississippi School of Law FBA Thurgood Marshall 15           26  
Schreck Gaming Law MCC (UNLV) 7          
NMCC Region 7   4        
University of Missouri School of Law                  
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law NMCC Region 12   4         4  
University of Montana School of Law                  
University of Nebraska Law School                  
University of Nevada-Las Vegas Boyd School of Law Hennessy Employee Benefits   4         16  
National Immigration Law Competition (NYU)           5
ABA-NAAC Boston Regional 7          
University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law                  
University of New Mexico School of Law                  
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UC San Francisco Constitutional Law 7           7  
University of North Dakota Law School                  
University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law NMCC Region 11   4         23  
National Moot Court Competition - Nationals     10      
Emory Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Competition         5  
Billings, Exum, and Frye National Moot Court Championship       4    
University of Northern Kentucky Law School                  
University of Oklahoma College of Law ABA-NAAC Brooklyn Regional   4         41 18
Duberstein Bankruptcy MCC (NYC)         7  
Wagner Labor and Employment MCC       4    
National Native American LSA MCC     8      
NMCC Region 12 7          
National Moot Court Competition - Nationals       6    
Energy and Mineral Law Foundation Moot Court Competition   3       2
University of Oregon School of Law                  
University of Pennsylvania Law School Jessup International Law - US National       6 9   22  
NMCC Region 2 7          
University of Pittsburgh Law School                  
University of Richmond Law School BG Wayne E. Alley Military Law Moot Court Competition         1   1  
University of San Diego School of Law ABA-NAAC Las Vegas Regional   4         4  
University of San Francisco School of Law                  
University of South Carolina Law School                  
University of South Dakota School of Law                  
University of Southern California Law School                  
University of St. Thomas School of Law                  
University of Tennessee College of Law NMCC Region 7 7              
University of Texas Law School John Brown Admiralty     4       4  
University of Toledo School of Law                  
University of Tulsa College of Law National Health Law Moot Court Competition 7           7  
University of Utah School of Law Law Student Tax Challenge   12         12  
University of Vermont Law School                  
University of Virginia Law School Law & Economics Center Antitrust MCC (GMU)   4         57 12
Jessup International Law - US National     10      
Hennessy Employee Benefits 7         3
National Energy and Sustainability MCC   8        
National Immigration Law Competition (NYU) 11   4      
National Telecommunications and Technology Competition 7       3  
University of Washington School of Law National Native American LSA MCC       4     11  
NMCC Region 14 7          
University of Wisconsin Law School                  
University of Wyoming College of Law                  
Valparaiso University School of Law                  
Vanderbilt University Law School                  
Vermont School of Law                  
Washburn University School of Law                  
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law John Brown Admiralty   8         31 23
MSU Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation MCC     4      
FBA Thurgood Marshall     8      
HNBA Herrera NMCC 11          
Wake Forest University School of Law ABA-NAAC Philadelphia Regional   4         4  
Washington and Lee University Law School                  
Washington University School of Law, St. Louis ABA-NAAC Nationals     10       32 22
John Brown Admiralty 11          
ABA-NAAC Chicago Regional 7 4        
Wanye State University Law School Gabrielli Family Law MCC   8         8  
West Virginia University College of Law NMCC Region 5   4         4  
Western New England College of Law Law Student Tax Challenge     8       8  
Western State University School of Law NMCC Child Welfare and Adoption   8         12  
San Diego National Criminal Procedure Tournament     4      
Whittier Law School                  
Widener University Delaware School of Law Prince Evidence MCC 11         5 27  
Gabrielli Family Law MCC 11          
William and Mary University Law School Energy and Mineral Law Foundation Moot Court Competition         2   14  
Billings, Exum, and Frye National Moot Court Championship     8      
Zehmer Worker's Compensation Competition   4        
William Mitchell College of Law                  
Yale University Law School ABA-NAAC Brooklyn Regional 7           7