Moot Court Competitions

The Fordham Law Moot Court Board provides competitive opportunities for students to sharpen their advocacy skills as writers and oralists. The Board’s teams have won significant honors in the past, which have gained Fordham national recognition as one of the preeminent Moot Court programs in the country.  

Inter-School Competitions

The Fordham Moot Court Board sends teams to several inter-school competitions across the nation. 

Recent Accolades

  • Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition in Greensboro, North Carolina (2025): Evan Bender (’27) and Madison Forbes (’27) finished as Octofinalists.
  • Emory Civil Rights Moot Court Competition in Atlanta, Georgia (2025): Dan O’Connell (’27) and Mina Yi (’27) finished as Octofinalists.
  • Burton D. Wechsler National First Amendment Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C. (2025): Olivia Bueschel (’27) and Gabriella Paese Nobile (’27) finished as Semifinalists and won Third Best Brief.  Olivia Bueschel (’27) won Third Best Oralist.
  • National Moot Court Competition (2025): Gianna Collo (’26), Jack Froude (’26), and Samantha Horowitz (’26) won Regionals in New York, New York.  Samantha Horowitz (’26) won Best Oralist and Gianna Collo (’26) won Second Best Oralist.
  • Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (2026): Rachel Amran (’27), Nitya Dandu (’27), Katherine Federer (’27), and Michaela Warshaw (’27) finished as Quarterfinalists at the U.S. Regional Round in Atlanta, Georgia and advanced to the International Round in Washington, D.C.  Together they won Seventeenth Best Memorial. Nitya Dandu (’27) won Sixth Best Oralist and Rachel Amran (’27) won Seventeenth Best Oralist.
  • Immigration Law Moot Court Competition in New York, New York: Kevin Hurtado (’26) and Sheeba Pawar (’27) finished as Quarterfinalists and won Best Brief.
  • William B. Spong, Jr. Moot Court Tournament in Williamsburg, Virginia (2026): Jessie Gorovitz (’27), Larsen Klein (’27), and Julianna Margolin (’27) finished as Semifinalists.
  • UCLA School of Law Cybercrimes Moot Court Competition in Los Angelos, California (2026): Ayla Ahmed (’27) and Ben Evelev (’27) won the Competition and won Best Brief.
  • William Institute Annual Moot Court Competition in Los Angelos, California (2026): Diane Lee (’27) and Mariah Watkins (’27) finished as Semifinalists.

Additionally, the Moot Court Board organizes an inter-school competition, the Kaufman Competition, in which approximately thirty schools come from across the nation to compete. This competition is held in late March and involves issues relating to federal securities law. Final round judges have included Supreme Court Justices Byron White, Antonin Scalia, and Samuel A. Alito.

Intra-School Competitions

The Editorial Board conducts two intra-school competitions each year which are judged by practicing attorneys as well as federal and state judges: the Mulligan Competition, held each summer (oral arguments are usually scheduled during the last two and a half weeks of July), and the Wormser Competition, held each fall semester (oral arguments are typically scheduled during late October).