2025 Moot Court Experience

Moot court is a simulated court proceeding, typically conducted as part of legal education or training, where participants argue hypothetical legal cases. It mimics real court processes, including oral arguments and sometimes written briefs, but without witnesses or evidence presentation. Participants act as lawyers presenting arguments before a panel of judges (often actual lawyers or judges) to improve their legal research, reasoning, public speaking, and argumentation skills.

Student participants will engage in a hands-on moot court experience and will be trained by a Roger Williams University law student to argue a case in a courtroom.

Requirements

• Open to Rhode Island girls in grades 8 to 12.
• Attend mandatory in-person orientation at Central High School Wed. Feb 5th, 2025. Transportation can be coordinated.
• Weekly training sessions via Zoom (1.5 hours, dates and times TBD) a total of 7 weeks. Commit to completing the assigned reading and writing assignments prior to Zoom training.
• Participants must commit to attending the moot court competition on Saturday, March 29, 2025. (The exact competition date will be shared before orientation).

Host or Publisher Rhode Island Coalition of Black Women