EXCELLENCE IN ADVOCACY
Stetson's Advocacy Program is one of the best in the nation!
#2 Trial Competition Performance Rankings (overall since 2016)
#3 GAVEL Rankings (2022-2023)
#3 US News & World Report (2023)
Stetson's Advocacy Program is unmatched in excellence over three decades of competition!
6 World Championships
87 National Championships
100 Regional Championships
54 State Championships
61 Brief Awards
184 Best Oralist/Advocate Awards
6 Professionalism Awards
1 Most Creative Solution Award
2 National Competition Awards
Stetson Law's Center for Excellence in Advocacy is committed to the concept of the complete advocate - one who commands a superior understanding of the law, the ability to persuasively present evidence, and the humanity to know when to do the right thing.
ANNUALLY HOSTED EVENTS
- Educating Advocacy Teachers (EATS) Conference
- National Pretrial Competition
- International Environmental Moot Court Competition
- The Brown-Mosten International Client Counseling Competition
STUDENT COMPETITION TEAMS
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
- Certificate of Concentration in Advocacy
- Certificate of Concentration in Social Justice Advocacy
- Clinics and Externships
- Joint J.D./LL.M. Degree
- Online LL.M. in Advocacy
FALL 2022 SUCCESS!
CHAMPIONS, Best Opening Statement, & Best Cross Examination - MLK National Civil Rights Trial Competition
CHAMPIONS, Best Cross Examination, & Best Advocate in the Final Round - Syracuse National Trial Competition
CHAMPIONS - Houston Law Center National Mediator Competition
FINALISTS - Battle of the Experts Trial Competition; ABA Negotiation Competition
SEMIFINALISTS - ABA Arbitration Competition; Florida Justice Association's Honorable E. Earle Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition
QUARTERFINALISTS - Judge Paul Joseph Kelly, Jr. Invitational Trial Competition
BEST ADVOCATE - National Civil Trial Competition