A student mock trial competition built around strategy, evidence, and advocacy.
The Advocacy Cup is a student-run mock trial competition designed around the practice of trial advocacy — building a case, presenting it, and defending it under pressure.
Participants will develop strategy, evidence analysis, persuasive communication, and the composure to think on their feet — the core disciplines of advocacy.
Advocacy is the discipline of constructing an argument and defending it in the moment. It rewards critical thinking, clarity, and confidence under scrutiny.
The Advocacy Cup is still taking shape. Leave your details to hear about it as it develops.
The Advocacy Cup is a student-run mock trial competition designed around the practice of trial advocacy. It asks participants to think critically, build a position, and defend it under pressure.
Thinking critically about a case and developing an argument.
Analyzing information and using it effectively.
Presenting ideas clearly and persuasively.
Thinking on your feet and defending an argument under pressure.
Advocacy is the practice of reasoning in public — building a case, holding a position, and adjusting it when challenged. It sharpens critical thinking and persuasive communication, and it rewards the kind of confidence that only comes from defending an idea under scrutiny.
The Advocacy Cup exists to give students a serious place to practice that discipline, together, before it matters.
Understand the information in front of you.
Develop a theory and a strategy.
Construct a persuasive position.
Adapt when challenged.
Present your argument with confidence.
A mock trial competition built by students, for students who want to practice advocacy seriously.
A structured space to read, think, argue, and respond — the full arc of building and defending an argument.
Every participant leaves having practiced the discipline of thinking clearly under pressure.
The Advocacy Cup is currently taking shape. Stay informed as competition details are announced.
Competition information will be announced as The Advocacy Cup develops.