2020 Moot Court National Championship Results

Many of us tuned in two weeks ago to see who would be named champion of the National Football League. For those in the Moot Court world, though, there was another championship of interest happening in Houston, not Miami. Congratulations to Ohio State University Moritz College of Law—winner of the 2020 Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship. Second place went to the University of Georgia School of Law. The teams argued an interesting Supremacy Clause Immunity case featuring a federal law enforcement officer who was prosecuted after roughly arresting an individual for marijuana possession in a state that had decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana.

The Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship brings together the top 16 schools from around the country every year to compete and name a Moot Court National Champion. It is put on by the Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. The top 16 schools are invited based on the moot court competition record in the previous academic year. Points are assigned for placing in different categories and based on the size of the competitions.

Here are this year’s rankings.

While winning the National Championship is an incredible achievement, all of the schools who participated should be very proud. Teams that finished in the top 16 had to perform well at multiple competitions throughout the year, not just send out one strong team. I had the honor to act as a judge in the competition, and I was impressed by the advocacy, as well as the professionalism of the Blakely Institute hosts. Congratulations to all involved!