The Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition has been an annual event at the Law School for more than sixty years. Winning it is one of the highest honors a Michigan law student can achieve. Each year the students who serve on the Campbell Board construct a hypothetical case which involves a topic of current social concern and raises several difficult unresolved legal questions. The record of this case is distributed to potential competitors who enter either as individuals or as teams of two early in the fall semester. Participants submit written briefs on the issues of the case and then take part in oral arguments in the quarter-final round late in the fall term.
Evaluation is based upon both oral and written performance.
The semifinal round is held early in the winter term with two teams advancing to the final argument held in April. The panel of judges for the final argument includes members of the Federal Bench. All competitors learn a tremendous amount of substantive law while developing their written and oral advocacy skills. The Henry M. Campbell Memorial Prize is divided among the finalists. The Law School encourages all student groups and organizations to create and maintain their own home pages on the World Wide Web.