Advocacy Program
Effective client representation, leadership, and advocacy are the hallmark of the NSU Shepard Broad College of Law Advocacy Program. Over 100 students participate in the Advocacy program each year showcasing their knowledge and advocacy skills in multiple practice settings, including criminal, civil, family, health, medical malpractice, intellectual property, tax, employment, international, and transactional law.
Members of the Advocacy teams have demonstrated their success nationally with these recent accomplishments:
- National Champion, 2024 Buffalo Niagara National Criminal Trial Competition
- Best Opening Statement, 2024 Buffalo Niagara National Criminal Trial Competition
- Best Advocate, 2024 Buffalo Niagara National Criminal Trial Competition
- Best Overall Advocate, 2024 Buffalo Niagara National Criminal Trial Competition
- Outstanding Advocate, 2024 First Chair Competition
- Regional Champion, 2022 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- Second Best Preliminary Round Oralist, 2021-2022 National Health Law Moot Court Competition
- Overall Runner-Up Team for Seller, 2021 Online Transactional LawMeet® Competition, UMKC School of Law Region
- Regional 8th Best Advocate, 2021 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- National Champion, 2019 National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Tournament
- Best Oral Presentation, 2019 Loyola University Chicago School of Law National Health Law Transactional Competition
- 5th Best Brief, 2019 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition Washington, D.C. Regional
- National Champion, 2019 Buffalo-Niagara National Team Competition
- National Champion, 2019 VoirDire UMKC "Show Me" Voir Dire Competition
- Best Overall Advocate, 2019 VoirDire UMKC "Show Me" Voir Dire Competition
- Bailey Trophy, 2019 NTA South Texas Challenge for outstanding brief
- Quarter-Finalist, 2019 NTA South Texas Challenge
- National Finalist, 2019 E. Earle Zehmer National Moot Court Competition
- National Octo-finalist, 2018-2019 NYC Bar National Moot Court Competition
- Regional Champion, 2018-2019 NYC Bar National Moot Court Competition
- Semi-Finalist for Buyer, 2018 Transactional LawMeet®, University of Georgia Region
- National Semi-Finalist, 2018 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- National 3rd Best Advocate, 2018 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- National 4th Best Brief, 2018 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- Regional Champion, 2018 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- Regional 7th Best Advocate, 2018 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- Regional 5th Best Brief, 2018 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- Semi-Finalist, 2018 University of Georgia Regional LawMeet
- Best Overall Advocate, 2018 Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition
- Best Direct Examination, 2017 at the Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition
- Winner, 2017 Intellectual Patently Impossible Project
- Winner, 2017 Black Lawyer Student Association Mock Trial Competition
- Finalist, 2017 National Tax Law Moot Court Competition
- Best Oral Presentation, 2017 Loyola University Chicago School of Law National Health Law Transactional Competition
- National Finalist, 2016 National Thomas Tang Competition
- Best Brief, 2016 Regional National Thomas Tang Competition
- Best Overall Voir Dire, 2016 UMKC “Show Me” Voir Dire Competition
- Best Advocate in a Round, 2016 Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition
- National Champion, 2015 Domenick L. Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition
- Best Overall Advocate, 2015 Buffalo/Niagara Mock Trial Competition
- Best Overall Advocate, 2015 South Texas Mock Trial Competition
- National 10th Best Advocate, 2014 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- Regional Champion, 2014 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- Overall Champion, 2014 Loyola University Chicago School of Law National Health Law Transactional Competition
- Best Oral Presentation, 2013 Loyola University Chicago School of Law National Health Law Transactional Competition
- Overall Champion, 2013 Loyola University Chicago School of Law National Health Law Transactional Competition
The Advocacy program is built on a comprehensive mix of classes and extracurricular offerings, including numerous specialized skills courses and a host of clinical and field placements. Beyond the classes and clinics, the experiential learning opportunities include over thirty-four national trial, appellate, and transactional law student competition teams, allowing students to bring their training into both the courtroom and the boardroom.
Advocacy students work one on one with expert faculty members, lawyers, and judges from our community who foster their training and share insights from practice. This partnership opens doors for NSU advocacy students by way of clerkships, internships, and future jobs.