Moot Court Competition
2025-2026 Competition Results
AIPLA congratulates the National Winners, Columbia Law School’s Alexa Shyama and Elliot Riesman-Tremonte, and the Runner-Up team, University of Texas at Austin School of Law’s Nickoli Benkert and Amelie Trieu.
Thank you to all of the competitors, judges, organizers, and other volunteers who made this competition such a success!
About the Competition
The Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court competition is named for the late Honorable Giles Sutherland Rich, Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The competition is an annual inter-law school event sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA). There is no entry fee for the competition. The competition is made possible through the volunteer service of attorneys, judges, and AIPLA professionals.
Tentative Deadlines for the 2026-2027 Competition (subject to finalization):
- Priority deadline for submission of Notices of Intent to Compete is Friday, December 11, 2026 (11:00 pm local time).
- All Notices of Intent to Compete are due by Friday, January 8, 2027 (11:00 pm local time).
- Briefs for Regional Rounds are required to be served by Friday, January 29, 2027 (11:00 pm local time).
- All Regional Rounds will be held over three days from Friday, March 12 to Sunday, March 14, 2027
- Briefs for teams advancing to the National Rounds are required to be served by Friday, March 19, 2027 (11:00 pm local time).
- The National Rounds will be held over three days from Wednesday, April 14 to Friday, April 17, 2027.
Moot Court Problem - to be posted in the Fall
Moot Court Rules - subject to change
Appendix A - Competition Directors - updated pending.
Appendix B--Brief Judging Form
Appendix C---Oral Argument Judging Form
Moot Court Joint Appendix - to be posted when the Problem is finalized.
2026-2027 Notice of Intent to Participate Form - to be posted when the program is finalized, no later than the early Notice of Intent to Compete deadline.