Online Moot Camp Recording

If you want to try out Moot Court, but feel lost on how you could possibly compete without any training, this recorded camp is for you! A camper this year wrote, “The camp made moot seem easy (although it actually the hardest thing in NCFCA). Before the camp, I was thinking I might barely put in any work into moot. But now I’m eager to dive deep into moot!”

Included sessions:

– Intro to the Court System, and What is Moot Court?

– Cracking Open the Packet

– Case Writing 101

– Demo Moot Round Comments

– Responding to Questions

– Advanced Responding to Questions

– Establishing Your Moot Court Rule

– Prepping for Moot Court this Year

– Rebuttals

– Beating Good Teams

– Excelling at Moot

Ethan Tong (’19 NCFCA alumnus) is the Head Coach and Founder of Blackstone Moot Court. He has coached for over five years after a successful high school career that included fifteen top-3 placements and two national oral advocate awards. He went on to garner an outstanding attorney award and two outstanding witness awards in College Mock Trial. Now, he coaches LD, TP, and Moot. His coaching philosophy emphasizes that persuasion is about teaching judges, not just sounding good to your peers. His private students routinely place at the national level, including 10 National Oral Advocates in the last 2 years. The last two final rounds have included three of his teams, including the 2024 National Moot Court Champions.

Patrick McDonald (‘22 NCFCA alumnus) was a four-time National Champion, winning After Dinner, Extemporaneous, Persuasive, and Moot Court at the 2022 NCFCA Championship.

He and his partner qualified to nationals in Moot Court both years they competed. His senior year, he and his partner won the second Moot Court Qualifier, where he won 3rd place Oral Advocate. They went on to win the 2022 National Championship in Moot Court, and Patrick garnered a 5th place Oral Advocate. Patrick also won 3 other events at the National championship––Extemporaneous, Persuasive, and After Dinner Speaking. Patrick is a junior at Hillsdale College, studying history and politics. He was the first freshman in Hillsdale College history to be awarded All-Regional and All-National outstanding attorney awards in Mock Trial, and he recently was awarded an All-American witness award at the Mock Trial National Championship.