The following programs (listed by registration deadline) are sponsored by external organizations and companies and span a broad range of legal topics. Although Columbia does not sponsor or vet these competitions, students may wish to explore them on an extracurricular basis.
If you have an interest in participating in an external moot court competition with the support of Columbia's Moot Court Program, please complete this form and send an email to Amanda Sen Villalobos ([email protected]) to let us know you have an interest and completed the form.
EMLF ASL Moot Court Home | EMLF
- Dates of the competition: October 7-8, 2025
- Registration deadline: July 1, 2025
- Problem released: June 2025
- Briefs due: September 5, 2025
- Location: Lexington, KY
Claude Pepper Elder Law Moot Court Competition | College of Law (fsu.edu)
- Dates of the competition: October 24th-25th, 2025
- Registration deadline: June 27th, 2025
- Problem released: July 21st, 2025
- Briefs due: September 26th, 2025
- Location: Tallahassee, Florida
https://www.nycbar.org/member-committee-career-services/career-developm…
- Dates of the competition:
- Regional: November 2024
Finals: January/February 2024
- Registration deadline: July 2024
- Problem released: early September 2024
- Briefs due: early October 2024
- Location: New York City
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/communications_law/initiatives_award…
- Date of the competition: February 1, 2024
- Registration deadline: October 23, 2023
- Location: Santa Barbara, CA
https://johnhjacksonmoot.elsa.org/
- Dates of the competition:
- Regional: March 18th-21st 2025
- Finals: June 10th-15th 2025
- Registration Deadline: October 27th, 2025
- Case Released: September 16th, 2024
- Written Submissions Deadline: January 9th, 2025
- Location: TBA (Regionals), Geneva, Switzerland (Nationals)
https://www.albanylaw.edu/student-experience-support/domenick-l-gabriel…
- Dates of the competition: February 28th-March 1st, 2025
- Registration deadline: November 7, 2024
- Problem released: December 2, 2024
- Briefs due: January 13, 2025
- Location: Albany, New York
https://sls.gmu.edu/mootcourt/competitions/global-antitrust-competition/
- Dates of the competition: February 23-24, 2024
- Registration deadline: November 10, 2023
- Location: Washington, DC
https://www.nyumootcourt.org/ilc/
- Dates of the competition: February 2-4, 2024
- Registration deadline: November 24, 2023
- Problem released: December 6, 2023
- Location: New York City
- Dates of the competition: March 7th-9th, 2025
- Registration deadline: November 1st, 2024
- Location: Queens, NY
- Dates of the competition: February 22-23, 2024
- Registration deadline:
- Problem released: first week of December
- Location: Washington, DC
https://www.law.msu.edu/gender-sexuality/
- Dates of the competition: March 23-24, 2024
- Registration deadline: December 1, 2023
- Problem released: January 3, 2024
- Briefs due: February 16, 2024
- Location: Albany, New York
Brooklyn Law School - Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition (brooklaw.edu)
- Dates of the competition: April 3rd-5th, 2025
- Registration deadline: November 30th, 2024
- Location: Brooklyn, NY
- Dates of the competition: April 11th-13th, 2025
- Registration Deadline: November 30th, 2025
- Location: Washington D.C.
https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/moot/
- Dates of the competition: last week of May
- Registration deadline: March 12, 2024
- Problem released: December 10, 2023
- Location: Washington, DC
Tang Moot Court Competition — NAPABA Law Foundation
- Dates of the competition: September 27, 2024 (regionals) & November 8-9, 2024 (nationals)
- Registration deadline: August 25, 2024
- Problem released: May 2024
- Briefs due: September 6, 2024
- Locations: New York, NY (regionals) & Seattle, WA (nationals)