National Pretrial Competition
The National Pretrial Competition captures what attorneys do every day in offices and courtrooms across the nation.
Stetson will host the Sixteenth Annual National Pretrial Competition on October 12-15, 2023, in Gulfport, Florida. Competing teams will:
- Receive a problem drafted to focus on pretrial issues;
- Write two memoranda of law (one for each side of the case) that are scored;
- Make an evidentiary presentation through examination of four witnesses (two on each side of the case); and
- Make a legal argument to the court based on the evidence presented and the precedent cited in the memoranda of law.
2023 NPTC Problem
2023 NPTC Rules
*Judges sign up here!*
The following schools will compete in the 2023 National Pretrial Competition:
Baylor University School of Law
Brooklyn Law School
Campbell University School of Law
Chapman University, Fowler School of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
Mississippi College School of Law
Pace University, Elizabeth Haub School of Law
Regent University School of Law
Texas Tech University School of Law
Tulane University School of Law
University at Buffalo School of Law
University of Houston Law Center
University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana College of Law
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
University of Miami School of Law
William & Mary Law School
For more information, please contact the Center for Excellence in Advocacy at 727.562.7317 or [email protected].