Stetson Law Trial Team
Stetson's Trial Team is one of the best in the nation!
#1 US News & World Report (2023-2024)
#2 GAVEL Rankings (2022-2023)
#2 Trial Competition Performance Rankings (overall since 2016)
Trial competitions require students to demonstrate their trial advocacy skills in a simulated jury trial, during which they are evaluated by experienced trial lawyers and judges. These competitions give students the opportunity to perfect trial skills to a degree not possible through classroom instruction and enjoy the most memorable experiences of their law school education. Stetson's Trial Team has been competing against other top law schools in the nation for over 40 years.
Over just the last two years, Stetson's Trial Team has celebrated the following successes:
CHAMPIONS & BEST ADVOCATE
2024 South Texas Mock Trial Challenge
CHAMPIONS & BEST ADVOCATE
2024 Queens District Attorney's Office Mock Trial Competition
CHAMPIONS
2024 Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition - Regionals
CHAMPIONS (Team Green)
SEMI-FINALISTS (Team White)
2024 TYLA National Trial Competition - Region VI
CHAMPIONS & BEST ADVOCATE
2023 Summit Cup
CHAMPIONS & BEST ADVOCATES*
*Best Advocates in BOTH the Preliminary & Final Rounds!
2023 Syracuse National Trial Competition
CHAMPIONS & BEST ADVOCATE
2023 FJA Honorable E. Earle Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition
CHAMPIONS, BEST ADVOCATE, BEST OPENING, & BEST DIRECT
2023 Capitol City Challenge
CHAMPIONS
2023 South Texas Mock Trial Challenge
CHAMPIONS, BEST OPENING, & BEST CROSS
2022 MLK, Jr. National Civil Rights Trial Competition
CHAMPIONS, BEST ADVOCATE, & BEST CROSS
2022 Syracuse National Trial Competition
FINALISTS & BEST CROSS-EXAMINATION
2024 Ethics Trial Advocacy Competition
FINALISTS & RUNNER-UP BEST ADVOCATE
2024 Chester Bedell Memorial Mock Trial Competition
FINALISTS
2024 AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition - Southeast Region
FINALISTS
Best Prosecutor, Best Defense Attorney, Best Opening, & Best Direct
2023 Amicus Cup
FINALISTS
2023 Estrella Trial Advocacy Competition
FINALISTS & BEST ADVOCATE (Team Green)
SEMIFINALISTS (Team White)
2023 TYLA National Trial Competition - Region VI
FINALISTS (Team Green)
SEMIFINALISTS (Team White)
2023 AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition - Southeast Region
FINALISTS
2022 Battle of the Experts
SEMIFINALISTS & BEST OPENING STATEMENT
2023 Buffalo-Niagara National Mock Trial Competition
SEMIFINALISTS
2023 Judge Paul Joseph Kelly, Jr. Invitational Trial Competition
SEMIFINALISTS
2023 National Civil Trial Competition
SEMIFINALISTS & BEST ADVOCATE
2023 Ethics Trial Advocacy Competition
SEMIFINALISTS
2022 FJA Honorable E. Earle Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition
QUARTERFINALISTS, BEST ADVOCATE, & BEST DIRECT
2024 Capitol City Challenge
QUARTERFINALISTS & BEST DIRECT EXAMINATION
2024 Sharkbeach Showdown
QUARTERFINALISTS & BEST ADVOCATE
2023 John L. Costello National Criminal Law Trial Advocacy Competition
QUARTERFINALISTS
2023 Chester Bedell Memorial Mock Trial Competition
QUARTERFINALISTS
2022 Judge Paul Joseph Kelly, Jr. Invitational Trial Competition
BEST CROSS-EXAMINATION
2023 MLK, Jr. National Civil Rights Trial Competition
BEST ADVOCATE
2022 National Civil Trial Competition
Membership on Stetson's Trial Team is a prestigious and highly coveted distinction that greatly enhances members' law school experience. To learn more about Stetson's Trial Team, eligibility, and how to try out, please see Prospective Members or contact Michael J. VanDerZee, Director of Trial Advocacy at [email protected].