AMERICAN MOOT COURT ASSOCIATION T o p P r o g r a m s - 2 0 2 1

1. College (2020 rank: 1)

2. California State University - Fullerton (6)

3. St. Thomas University (2)

4. California State University - Long Beach (12)

5. University of Louisiana at Lafayette (NR)

6. (11)

7. University of Chicago (7)

8. Colorado Christian University (19)

9. University of Southern California (9)

10. University of Central Florida (5)

11. College of Wooster (10)

12. United States Air Force Academy (8)

13. Bentley University (4)

14. University of North Texas (13)

15. (18)

16. Baylor University (NR)

17. University of California Santa Barbara (NR)

18. University of Pennsylvania (NR)

19. Fitchburg State University (14)

20. Michigan State University (20) 21. Morehouse College (24)

22. Eastern Michigan University (3)

23. Duke University (NR)

24. Saginaw Valley State University (16)

25. Loyola University Chicago (25)

Honorable Mention: San Francisco State University, College of the Holy Cross, Berea College

Methodology (in brief)

The Top Program Scores recognize schools based on their performance in both the AMCA National Tournament Oral Advocacy competition and the AMCA National Tournament Written Brief competition. The scores are weighted at 67 percent for the oral advocacy competition and 33 percent for the written brief competition.

For example, let's say Olympus State University earned a program score of 0.0183 in the oral advocacy competition and a program score of 0.0166 in the written brief competition. Olympus State University's overall score would be 1.77 (67*0.183+33*0.0166). This calculation is completed for each program that has teams in the national tournament and in the written brief competition and then programs are ranked from the highest score to the lowest score.

NR = Not ranked in the previous season.

SOURCE: https://amcamootcourt.org/topprograms

AMERICAN MOOT COURT ASSOCIATION Top Programs – Oral Advocacy 2021

1. Patrick Henry College

2. Liberty University

3. Colorado Christian University

4. University of Chicago

5. University of Southern California

6. University of Louisiana at Lafayette

7. California State University – Long Beach

8. California State University - Fullerton

9. College of Wooster

10. Morehouse College

11. Bentley University

12. University of California Santa Barbara

13. College of the Holy Cross

14. Michigan State University

15. St. Thomas University

16. University of North Texas

17. United States Air Force Academy

18. University of Central Florida

19. Regent University

20. Saginaw Valley State University

21. Duke University

22. Yale University

23. College of William and Mary

24. Lamar University

25. Georgetown University

Honorable Mention: Fitchburg State University, Eastern Michigan University, Baylor University

Methodology (in brief)

Programs are ranked by the number of ballots earned at the AMCA National Tournament in January 2021. To assess both the program's overall performance and the program's performance relative to the field as a whole, we combine the program's percent of total ballots times the program's percent of possible ballots.

For example, let's say Olympus State University qualified 3 teams to the 80 team national tournament. Team 1 earned 6 ballots in the preliminary rounds, 2 ballots in the round of 32, and 0.67 ballots in the round of 16. This results in 8.67 ballots for Team 1. Team 2 earned 5 ballots in the preliminary rounds and 0.67 ballots in the round of 32. This results in 5.67 ballots for Team 2. Team 3 earned 2 ballots in the preliminary rounds. This results in 2 ballots for Team 3. The total number of ballots that Olympus State earned is 16.34 out of 48 possible ballots (0.34 of their possible points). Possible ballots is 16 per team per school entered in the tournament (6 for preliminary rounds, 2 for round of 32, 2 for round of 16, 2 for quarters, 2 for semis, 2 for finals). In the event of a same school match-up, 2 ballots are deducted from the possible ballot total.

As noted above, there are 80 teams in the national tournament- this results in 302 possible ballots available (80+80+80+32+16+8+4+2). Olympus State University earned 16.34 out of 302 possible ballots (0.054 of the tournament's possible ballots). We then multiply those two figures together to arrive at OSU's overall score (0.0183). This calculation is completed for each program that has teams in the national tournament and then programs are ranked from the highest score to the lowest score.

AMERICAN MOOT COURT ASSOCIATION Top P r o g r a m s - B r i e f W r i t i n g 2 0 2 1

1. Patrick Henry College

2. St. Thomas University

3. California State University - Fullerton

4. University of Central Florida

5. United States Air Force Academy

6. California State University - Long Beach

7. Bentley University

8. College of Wooster

9. University of North Texas

10. Baylor University

11. Regent University

12. University of Louisiana at Lafayette

13. University of Pennsylvania

14. Fitchburg State University

15. Eastern Michigan University

16. San Francisco State University

17. Loyola University of Chicago

18. Berea College

19. University of California Santa Barbara

20. University of Texas at Austin

21. Duke University

22. University of Southern California

23. University of Chicago

24. Clemson University

25. Saginaw Valley State University

Honorable Mention: Michigan State University, Howard Payne University, University of Tampa

Methodology (in brief)

Programs are ranked by the scores earned in the 2020-2021 brief writing competition. To assess both the program's overall performance and the program's performance relative to the field as a whole, we combine the program's percent of total brief points times the program's percent of possible brief points. Disqualified briefs are not included in the determination of the program's possible points nor in the total possible brief points. For 2020-2021, there were 95 briefs scored.

For example, let's say Olympus State University submitted 3 briefs to the national brief writing competition and there were 100 total submissions. The average score for OSU's brief 1 was 88, the average score for OSU's brief 2 was 73, and the average score for OSU's brief 3 was 62. OSU earned 223 points out of 300 possible points. This lets us calculate the program's percent of total brief points (0.743). Then we calculate OSU's percent of possible brief points for the competition. As noted above, there were 100 briefs submitted so there were 10,000 possible brief points and OSU earned 223 points (0.0223). We then multiply those two figures together to arrive at OSU's overall score (0.0166). This calculation is completed for each program that participates in the brief writing competition and then programs are ranked from the highest score to the lowest score.