Stetson Law Trial Team
Stetson's Trial Team is one of the best in the nation!
#1 US News & World Report (2024-2025)
#2 Trial Competition Performance Rankings (2024-2025)
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, and over just the past few years Stetson's Trial Team has celebrated the following successes:
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
REGIONAL CHAMPIONS, BEST OVERALL ADVOCATE & NATIONAL QUARTERFINALISTS
2025 All-Star Bracket Challenge
FINALISTS
2025 Syracuse National Trial Competition
SEMIFINALISTS, BEST ADVOCATE, MOST PROFESSIONAL TEAM & BEST JUDGE
2025 First Chair Mock Trial Competition
SEMIFINALISTS (Team Green & Team White) & BEST OVERALL ADVOCATE
2025 Florida Justice Association
Honorable E. Earle Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition
SEMIFINALISTS & BEST ADVOCATE
2025 Puerto Rico Trial Advocacy Competition
SEMIFINALISTS
2025 William W. Daniel Mock Trial National Invitational Tournament
QUARTERFINALISTS
2025 Judge Paul Joseph Kelly, Jr. Invitational Trial Competition
BEST JURY APPEAL & BEST CROSS-EXAMINATION
2025 Buffalo-Niagara National Mock Trial Competition
BEST DIRECT EXAMINATION
2025 National Civil Trial Competition
Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
REGIONAL CHAMPIONS, NATIONAL QUARTERFINALISTS, & BEST ADVOCATE
2025 Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition
REGIONAL CHAMPIONS & BEST ADVOCATE
2025 TYLA National Trial Competition
CHAMPIONS & BEST DIRECT EXAMINATION
2024 Puerto Rico Trial Advocacy Competition
CHAMPIONS, BEST ADVOCATE, BEST OPENING STATEMENT & BEST DIRECT EXAMINATION
2024 Syracuse National Trial Competition
FINALISTS & BEST CASE THEME & THEORY
2025 Amicus Cup
FINALISTS
2025 Capitol City Challenge
FINALISTS
2024 Buffalo-Niagra National Mock Trial Competition
SEMIFINALISTS & TWO BEST ADVOCATE AWARDS
2025 Syracuse Military Justice Competition
2025 Charleston Court Martial Competition
REGIONAL SEMIFINALISTS
2025 AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition
SEMIFINALISTS
2024 William W. Daniel Mock Trial National Invitational Tournament
SEMIFINALISTS & BEST ADVOCATE
2024 FJA Honorable E. Earle Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition
SEMIFINALISTS
2024 Battle of the Experts
QUARTERFINALISTS & BEST DIRECT EXAMINATION
2025 Queens District Attorney's Office Mock Trial Competition
MOST PROFESSIONAL TEAM & BEST DIRECT EXAMINATION
2025 Ethics Trial Advocacy Competition
BEST ADVOCATE
2024 Summit Cup
Fall 2023-Spring 2024
CHAMPIONS & BEST ADVOCATE
2024 South Texas Mock Trial Challenge
CHAMPIONS & BEST ADVOCATE
2024 Queens District Attorney's Office Mock Trial Competition
REGIONAL CHAMPIONS & NATIONAL QUARTERFINALISTS
2024 Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition
REGIONAL CHAMPIONS (Team Green)
REGIONAL SEMIFINALISTS (Team White)
2024 TYLA National Trial Competition
CHAMPIONS & BEST ADVOCATE
2023 Summit Cup
CHAMPIONS & 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
FINALISTS & BEST CROSS-EXAMINATION
2024 Ethics Trial Advocacy Competition
FINALISTS & RUNNER-UP BEST ADVOCATE
2024 Chester Bedell Memorial Mock Trial Competition
REGIONAL FINALISTS
2024 AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition
SEMIFINALIST
2024 Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition
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
QUARTERFINALISTS, BEST ADVOCATE, & BEST DIRECT EXAMINATION
2024 Capitol City Challenge
QUARTERFINALISTS & BEST DIRECT EXAMINATION
2024 Sharkbeach Showdown
BEST CROSS-EXAMINATION
2023 MLK, Jr. National Civil Rights Trial Competition
Fall 2022-Spring 2023
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 EXAMINATION
2022 Syracuse National Trial Competition
FINALISTS
Best Prosecutor, Best Defense Attorney, Best Opening, & Best Direct
2023 Amicus Cup
FINALISTS
2023 Estrella Trial Advocacy Competition
REGIONAL FINALISTS & BEST ADVOCATE (Team Green)
REGIONAL SEMIFINALISTS (Team White)
2023 TYLA National Trial Competition
SEMIFINALISTS & BEST ADVOCATE
2023 Ethics Trial Advocacy Competition
REGIONAL FINALISTS (Team Green)
REGIONAL SEMIFINALISTS (Team White)
2023 AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition
FINALISTS
2022 Battle of the Experts
SEMIFINALISTS
2022 FJA Honorable E. Earle Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition
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 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.