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Student Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC)

AAJ’s Student Trial Advocacy Competition is an annual nationwide law student mock trial competition.

2025 Competition Update

The 2025 Competition Regional Tournaments will be held March 6-9 with both in-person and virtual regions. The National Finals will be held in person April 3-6 in Atlanta, GA.

The 2025 competition will be a hybrid model.

The Regional Tournaments will be held March 6-9, 2025. There will be two virtual regions along with in-person regions in Chicago, DC, Denver, Houston, NYC, Philadelphia, Raleigh, and San Francisco.

The National Finals will be held in person April 3-6, 2025, in Atlanta, GA.

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Past Winners

  • 2024 – Baylor University School of Law
  • 2023 – University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
  • 2022 – University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
  • 2021 – University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
  • 2020 – Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • 2019 – Campbell University, Norman A. Wiggins School of Law
  • 2018 – University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly University of California, Hastings)
  • 2017 – Wake Forest University Law School
  • 2016 – Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
  • 2015 – Stetson University College of Law
  • 2014 – University of Akron School of Law
  • 2013 – University of Notre Dame Law School
  • 2012 – Cumberland School of Law Samford University 
  • 2011 – Duquesne University School of Law
  • 2010 – University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School
  • 2009 – Stetson University College of Law
  • 2008 – Cumberland School of Law Samford University
  • 2007 – Baylor University School of Law
  • 2006 – South Texas College of Law
  • 2005 – Baylor University School of Law
  • 2004 – University of Akron School of Law
  • 2003 – University of Denver Sturm College of Law
  • 2002 – Harvard Law School
  • 2001 – Temple University Beasley School of Law

Winning the national championship was an incredible experience to have as a team and to learn, grow, and compete with our peers. I cannot recommend joining AAJ and participating in STAC enough. At AAJ's Annual Convention, getting to meet so many exceptional attorneys was beyond rewarding and educational. I sincerely hope that any law student considering becoming a plaintiff trial lawyer considers joining AAJ and learning about the amazing work, people, and goals that go into achieving justice.

Anderson Tittle National Champion Team Member of STAC 2024 Baylor University School of Law

AAJ is proud to partner with the National Association of Legal Advocacy Educators (NALAE) to host STAC.

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