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IACHR Moot Court Competition Faculty Sponsor Information

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​Important Dates for IACHR 2025
January 10, 2025
​January 24, 2025
January 26, 2025
February 3-17, 2025
February 10, 2025
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March 2, 2025
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March 3, 2025
March 14-15, 2025
March 21, 2025
​March 28-29, 2025
IACHR Registration Opens
Instructional Workshop (Zoom) 5:00 pm CST
Hypothetical Case Released
Client Interview Period
Preliminary Oral Round Pairings Announced
Team Rosters may not be changed after this time
​Written Legal Memorials due by 5:00 pm CST, Registration Fees Due
Approved Memorials Posted Online
Preliminary Oral Rounds (Remote via Zoom)
Favored Seed Side Selections Due
IACHR Tournament Round @ St. Mary's University

"To-Do" List for Participating Institutions

Task Required
Register for IACHR 
Schedule Petitioner Client Interview
Schedule State Client Interview
Submit Team Rosters
Pay Registration Fees
Submit Written Memorials
Select Round One Side (if favored)
​Date Due
February 10
February 3-17
February 3-17
February 10
March 2
March 2
March 21
In order to participate in the IACHR Moot Court Competition, each of the following items must be completed:
  • Teams must register by March 2, 2025
  • Registration fees must be paid by March 2 ($150/participant.  Faculty sponsors are free of charge)
  • Team rosters must be finalized by Febr participating institution has the option of scheduling a client interview.  One interview with the state and one with the petitioner will be granted per institution.  These must be scheduled between February 3 and February 17. Client interviews will take the place of the clarification questions from previous conferences.  They may be requested via email to moascentral@gmail.com
  • Each member of each team (state and petitioner representative) must submit a written legal memorial by March 2.
  • Attend your two assigned hearings via Zoom on March 14-15
  • Seeding for the Tournament Round will be based on combined scores from the Preliminaries and the written memorials.  The more favorable seeds (those with the higher score ranked higher than their opponent) will have the option to choose which side they wish to argue in the first round of the tournament.  These decisions must be submitted via email to moascentral@gmail.com no later than March 21 (seeding is announced March 17)..  
Register for IACHR
Pay Registration Fees
Contact Information Form
2025 Hypothetical Case
Info on Client Interviews
Written Memorials
Preliminary Rounds
Tournament Side Selection
Tournament Round