Julius H. Miner Moot Court Competition
A Tribute to the Honorable Julius H. Miner
Julius Howard Miner arrived in Chicago from Russia during his early childhood. He attended Kent College of
Never satisfied that he had learned all that he could about the law, Judge Miner attended post-graduate classes at Northwestern University School of Law while presiding as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge. In 1945, he earned a Master of Laws degree from Northwestern.
In 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Judge Miner to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. At the time of his death in 1963 Judge Miner was working on a Ph.D. thesis.
We are extremely grateful to the entire Miner family for their continued support of this competition.
Past Miner Moot Court Champions (pdf)
Past Problems and Sample Briefs
Registration
Register to participate in the 2023 Julius H. Miner Moot Court!
Sign-ups for the 2023 Miner Moot Court Competition open in November. Exact day to be announced!
Judge Information
The 2023 Miner Moot Court Competition will follow all local, state, and federal COVID guidelines as well as Law School COVID policy to facilitate this year’s competition.
Rules
The brief due date is coming soon. All brief submissions should be emailed directly to both Sarah Turner and Danny Damitio.
The preliminary rounds of this year's competition will take place on:
- February 2
- February 6
- February 13
- February 16
The elimination rounds will take place as follows:
- Octo Final, February 20
Quarter finals , February 23Semi finals , February 27
The final round will take
Contact
For questions about participating as an alumni judge, please e-mail Andreas Rauch.
For all other questions, please e-mail Sarah Turner and Danny Damitio.