Moot Court: Client Counseling School Competition

Moot Court: Client Counseling School Competition - Professors Troy Nixon and Collin McKean

• Course Number: LAW-724
• Course Type: Experiential
• Credits: 2
• Enrollment Limit: 18
• Description: Client Counseling is designed to assist students in perfecting the interviewing, counseling, and communication skills necessary in the practice of law. This Moot Court competition based course is great practice for any student wanting to learn about and hone their client interviewing techniques. The Fall semester culminates in an intra-school competition.

In preparation for school competition, students attend a weekly two-hour class which includes practical skills sessions. Classes are a combination of “hands on” practice, evaluation/feedback, class discussion, and guest speakers. Practice and competition interviews are done in teams of two. Teams are selected near the beginning of the term. Only an even number of students may participate in the class given that interviews are done in teams of two. Enrollment is limited to a maximum of 18 students.

The subject of the competition, determined annually by the American Bar Association, is of current legal interest. Students are evaluated by local attorneys and counseling professionals for the intra-school, regional, national, and international competitions. The intra-school competition is tentatively scheduled for November 2016. Two teams are chosen to represent the law school at the regional competition which takes place during Spring semester (usually scheduled for early February).

• Prerequisite: none
• Evaluation Method: Students are evaluated on attendance, practice rounds, and participation in the intra-school competition. There are no written exams or papers. The class is graded pass/no pass.

NOTE: Students MUST participate in the intra-school competition in order to receive a passing grade in this class. If students expect conflicts, then they should not register for this moot court class.

• Capstone: no
• WIE: no

*Students may not earn more than six (6) credit hours in any one skill area.