Moot court is a common practice in law schools and growing in popularity at the undergraduate level. As part of the move to incorporate more active learning elements, instructors in a variety of courses include moot court elements in their syllabi. Courses, however, are not the only place where undergraduate students encounter moot court. Increasingly, students compete in moot court at the intercollegiate level. This paper examines those students who compete in moot court tournaments sponsored by the American Moot Court Association to determine what motivates these students and what benefits these students believe they receive from their participation. Survey results show that students are motivated to participate in moot court for academic reasons, that they believe their critical thinking and public speaking skills improve, and that, despite its heavy work load and difficulty, moot court is also fun.

At a time when a single semester of law school can be a significant financial investment, the decision to attend law school should not be made casually. Instead, decisions should be influenced by data, reflection, and an understanding of real-world outcomes. In this article, I present The Legal Career Compatibility Project; a tool to help students make an informed decision about pursuing a career in law. Using Bolles (2003), Phases 1 and 2 help prospective law students determine whether they should pursue a legal career. Phase 3 helps students determine where and how to apply to law school. Considering that the odds of gaining admission to law school are high, conversations about whether one should attend law school are equally, if not more, important than conversations about how to gain admission. The purpose of the project is to influence how decisions to attend law school are made, not to encourage or discourage students from a career in law.