preLaw - Fall 2016 - 43 Best Schools for Moot Court We look at the schools that have excelled in moot court competition since the Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship began tracking them seven years ago. By Lori TripoLi Performing well in court takes smarts, skills, dedication and perseverance. Law students have the opportunity to learn these skills and compete against students from other schools in moot court competitions. But not all schools are equal when it comes to performance in these simulated court cases. Winning competitions on a regular basis requires hours of dedication and outstanding skill. "I constantly tell my students, 'We don't beat other schools because we're better or smarter than they are,' " said Robert Sherwin, director of advocacy programs at Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock. "We beat them because we work harder. That's really the secret. We just out-work and out-hustle everybody else." Texas Tech is one of only five schools that have been in the top 16 in moot court every year since 2011, as ranked by University of Houston Law Center's Blakely Advocacy Institute. Every year, the institute identifies the top schools through an elaborate scoring method that assesses the quality of the competitions a school participated in, the size of the competitions, and the school's performance in those competitions. The institute then invites the top 16 from the prior year to participate in what it calls "the best of the best": the Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship. 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