The American Moot Court Association’s official Midwest Regional Tournament, takes place at the end of the fall semester at The College of Wooster. This year’s virtual tournament will be held on November 19 and 20, 2021, via Zoom.
Virtual regional tournaments act as qualifying tournaments for teams wishing to compete at the AMCA National Tournament in January 2022. The top percentage of teams competing at each regional will receive an automatic invitation to the national tournament. To compete in the national tournament, teams must first compete in an AMCA sanctioned regional tournament.
At the virtual regional tournaments, two-person teams will be required to present oral arguments in three preliminary rounds on Friday afternoon, November 19. Each team will represent both petitioner and respondent. Order of argument and matching teams will be determined randomly. We will break 16 teams into the finals, holding four rounds on Saturday, November 20, in single elimination rounds.
Documents*
- 2021 Case Problem
- 2021 Tournament Schedule – Teams
- 2021 Tournament Schedule – Judges
- AMCA tournament rules
- Judging Instructions – link to video will be mailed to you – coming soon
- AMCA judging ballot and scoring guidelines – coming soon
*Additional resources are available on the AMCA’s website.
Check-in Information
Friday: Virtual check-in for judges is from 1:30 – 1:45 p.m. The judges’ orientation meeting will be held from 1:45 – 2:20 p.m. Satrurday: Check-in begins at 10:00 a.m. with orientation beginning at 10:15 a.m. for the morning rounds and at 2:00 p.m. for the afternoon rounds.
Friday: Virtual check-in for teams is from 1:05 – 1:45 p.m. The virtual team orientation meeting will be held from 1:45 – 2:20 p.m. Saturday: Check-in begins at 10:00 a.m. with orientation beginning at 10:15 a.m.
Registration Information for Competitors
Registration details may be found on the AMCA website.