Our student Trial Teams take part in many regional and national competitions throughout the school year, allowing them to develop and practice their trial advocacy skills.
Advocacy Program
Preparing Students to be Successful Lawyers
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University’s Advocacy Programs transform students into highly effective advocates, and has earned a significant national reputation among the top 10% of law schools in the country.
Our Advocacy Program is ranked #13 in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report, placing Haub Law among the top 10% of law schools nationwide.
Haub Law students have a tremendous opportunity to represent the Law School in over twelve of the most prestigious national and international moot court competitions.
Our comprehensive curriculum allows students an opportunity for simulated learning skills sessions, including introductory and advanced learning in the art of negotiation and client counseling.
The Advocate’s Advantage
The Haub Law Advocacy Board publishes articles written by students and faculty pertaining to a variety of trial, appellate, and evidentiary issues. Through this blog, we aim to educate ourselves while also sharing resources and helping others through an online community.
Preparing Student Advocates
Our impressive trial advocacy and moot court programs help transform students into highly effective advocates and successful litigators. Our program’s leadership and student success have earned the law school a significant reputation among the top schools nationwide.
Featured Competitions
This annual competition challenges 1L students to develop their research, analysis and writing skills in their briefs, and to hone their oral advocacy skills through numerous intense rounds of arguments to a panel of judges.
NELMCC draws as many as 350 law students and attorney judges to this premier environmental moot court each year, making it the largest interschool moot court competition in the world.
ICC was established by Haub Law in 2004 as the world’s first moot court competition based on the law and procedures of the first permanent international tribunal dedicated to the prosecution of international criminal offenses.
Meet Our Student Teams
The Haub Law Advocacy Team won the regional round of the NAAC and Nationals with individual members of the team placing among the top 10 oralists in the Competition (2024).
Haub Law’s trial team won both the National Trial League Competition season and the championship title (2024).
Haub Law’s BLSA Mock Trial Team took home first place in the Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition (2022).
Haub Law sends a team to participate in the Puerto Rico Trial Advocacy Competition annually.
Haub Law took home the championship at New York Law School’s third annual Soccer Negotiation Competition, with a second Haub Law team finishing as semifinalists (2024).
Haub Law competes annually in the Tournament of Champions, a prestigious invitation-only competition that showcases some of the nation’s top law students from 16 of the top trial advocacy institutions.
