The William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition

The Lile Competition is voluntary and open to anyone in the second year class. The Lile Moot Court Board strongly urges all to enter.

	About the Competition The Lile Competition began in 1929. It consists of five rounds spanning a two-year period, from the start of the second year to the spring of third year. Each round involves writing a brief and one or two oral arguments of the case before a panel of judges. In the First Round, held during the fall of the second year, participants compete as individuals. In all later rounds, participants compete as two-person teams. The Second Round occurs during the spring of the second year. The final three rounds occur during the third year; the Quarterfinal Round is in the fall, while the Semi-Final and Final Rounds are in spring. The Quarterfinal, Semi-Final, and Final Round Argument are open to the public, with the Semi-Final and Final rounds judged by federal judges. Third-year law students on the Lile Moot Court Board administer the Competition. These students draft and edit all problems for the Competition and judge the first two rounds with the aid of other third-year law students. Awards The winners of the Lile Competition each receive the Kingdon Moot Court Prize. The best oralist of the Final Round recieves the Stephen Pierre Traynor Award (est. 1970). All Finalists receive the James M. Shoemaker, Jr., Moot Court Awards. The best oralists of the First and Second Round receive the Paul Hastings Best Oralist Award. The writers of the best briefs of the First and Second Round receive the McGuireWoods Best Brief Award.				Key Documents Schedule Handbook Rules Brief Template Brief Scoresheet Oral Scoresheet * * * Past Winners

Moot Court is "indispensable to give the students insight into the practical application of the leading principles of law."
Professor John B. Minor, Fourth Professor of Law