Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityBartlit Trial Team
Each year, the Bartlit Center Trial Teams hold try-outs to select eight to twelve students on the basis of their advocacy skills, potential ability, and confidence. Team members receive course credit to prepare for and compete in various competitions, including the National Trial Competition hosted by the Texas Young Lawyers Association each spring.
The Bartlit Center Trial Teams are supervised by Professor Steven Lubet and coached by Richard Levin and Adam Riback of Levin Riback Law Group and Michael Leonard of Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP.
Championships
The Bartlit Center Trial Teams have won numerous national and regional competitions, including three championships in the prestigious National Trial Competition. In recent years, Bartlit Center teams have won national tournaments sponsored by the California Association for Criminal Justice and the University of Buffalo Law School. Bartlit Center teams have twice won the ABA regional competition hosted by the section on labor and employment law.
