Competition Teams
NKU Chase students can gain hands-on experience and test their skills against other law students—both at Chase and throughout the country—through a variety of competition team programs.- Moot Court Team competitions simulate appellate practice, teaching students how to write appellate briefs and argue before appellate courts.
- National Trial Team competitions simulate jury trials, teaching students how to develop a theory of a case, how to prepare and deliver opening and closing arguments, and how to examine witnesses.
- Arbitration Team competitions simulate arbitration hearings. Competitions require many of the same skill sets as trial competitions, but in a less formal setting.
- Negotiation Team competitions simulate various forms of legal negotiations, teaching bi- and multi-lateral bargaining techniques.
- Client Counseling Team competitions simulate law office consultations in which competitors, acting as attorneys, are presented with potential new clients.
- Intra-scholastic Competitions provide Chase students the opportunity to compete with each other in Moot Court, Client Counseling, and Closing Argument Competitions; and an Opening Statement Competition exclusively for first-year students.
Competition Highlights
Chase student teams have a tradition of success applying courtroom and transactional skills in competitions with teams representing other law schools, including:
- American Bar Association Arbitration Regional Competition, champion
- ABA National Arbitration Competition, runner-up
- AAJ Mock Trial Competition, regional finalist
- Baylor University Invitational “Top Gun” Competition, quarter finalist
- Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition, semi-finalist
- Kentucky Mock Trial Competition, winner of multiple competitions
- Mugel National Tax Moot Court, semi-finalist
- National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court, champion
- National Latino Law Students Association Moot Court, finalist
- National Moot Court Competition in Child Welfare and Adoption Law, champion and runners-up
- National Telecommunications Law Moot, semi-finalist
- National Transactional LawMeet, first place regional finalist
- National Trial Competition, regional champion
- Robert F. Wagner Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition, champion
- South Texas Mock Trial Challenge, finalist
- Transactional Lawyering Meet, runner-up