Inaugural UCLA Cyber Crimes Moot Court Competition
Welcome to the home of the UCLA Cyber Crimes Moot Court Competition! UCLA and the UCLA Moot Court Executive Board are proud to announce that we will be hosting our first moot court competition that is open to law school students nationwide.
Through the generous contributions of our sponsors, the Society for the Policing of Cyberspace (POLCYB) and Norton by Symantec, we will be hosting a moot court based in the rapidly expanding area of Cyber Crimes.
The competition is scheduled for Spring 2012, with briefs due in November. We are working hard to provide a one-of-a-kind experience, so please check back regularly for information on topics such as registration, the problem, and the competition rules. We will post information as it becomes available.
Thank you and we hope to see you at oral argument!
Master Calendar
1) Registration opens (Sept. 15, 2011).
2) Problem is released via email to registered teams that have paid the registration fee (Sept. 30, 2011).
3) Registration closes. Teams registering on this date must ensure the registration fee is received by the end of the day (Oct. 28, 2011).
4) Team member name registration deadline (Oct. 28, 2011).
Teams designate their final team members and which team member will write a petitioner brief and which will write a respondent brief.
5) Team numbers and team member numbers assigned via email (Nov. 3, 2011).
6) Deadline for accepting questions about rules or the problem (Nov. 10, 2011).
7) Electronic brief due (Nov. 28, 2011).
8) Hardcopy brief postmark deadline (Dec. 1, 2011).
9) Deadline to withdraw from competition to be eligible to recieve a refund (Dec. 1, 2011).
10) Opposing briefs distributed via email (Mar. 5, 2012).
11) Notification of oral argument times and on/off brief rounds (Apr. 6, 2012).
12) Competition (Apr. 6-8, 2012)
Competition Rules
Please note:
- The former rule limiting each school to two teams is now: Each school is allowed two teams from their official Moot Court Programs.
- Students not part of their school's Moot Court Program are eligible to compete as an unaffiliated team. There is no limit to the number of unaffiliated teams a school may have (except that the total competition is limited to 36 teams).
- All teams that successfully submit two qualifying briefs and participate in two rounds of oral argument will still have a portion or all of the registration fee reimbursed.
- The first 20 teams to register for the competition (with a limit of two teams per school) will be reimbursed $350 for travel expenses.
- The two $350 reimbursements available to any school will be given first to the teams made up of competitors from the school's official Moot Court Program. If a school fields fewer than two teams from their official Moot Court Program, then the $350 will be given in chronological order of registration to unaffiliated teams.
- The number of competitive rounds to qualfy to the finals have been increased from 2 to 3 rounds.
- Registration and the deadline for submitting team members and questions will be extended to allow interested students to participate. Registration is now open until October 28, 2011, and the new deadline for questions is November 10, 2011.
Competition Rules
Questions Concerning the Rules:
I was reading the rules for the competition and noticed that there is a 17 page overall limit for the brief. However, each advocate must write 8 pages of argument for the brief. Taking into account the other sections that go into the overall page limit, the 17 page limit seems very restrictive. Am I misinterpreting the rules in any way?
Each team member is responsible for writing a 17-page brief. So, for example, if Team member 1A is writing for the Petitioner, she will need to write at least 8 pages of argument and the remaining pages will be for the other required information. Team member 1B would turn in an 17 page Respondent brief with at least 8 pages of argument and the remaining pages are left for the other required information."