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.