William & Mary Moot Court The Moot Court Program is one of William & Mary School of Law's best opportunities for students to develop and refine both oral advocacy and brief writing skills. Team members participate in moot court tournaments, which require each team to research and write an appellate brief, then defend it before a panel of judges in an oral argument. Membership on Moot Court is an honor, and tryouts for the team are competitive. Each year William & Mary's Moot Court Team sends its members to approximately fifteen inter-collegiate moot court tournaments around the nation. William & Mary's teams have enjoyed resounding success, most recently with the two 2004 Nationals teams making it to the semi-final and quarter-final regional rounds and, in 2006, victories at the Regional level and at the George Mason Moot Court Competition for Law and Economics. The Team's competitors are well-known as talented oral advocates, and they have shown their writing skills by winning multiple "Best Brief" awards in recent years. In addition to competing, the William & Mary Moot Court Team annually hosts the William B. Spong Invitational Moot Court Tournament. Now in its thirty-eighth year, the Spong Tournament focuses on current issues in constitutional law. Rounds are judged completely by panels of federal and state court judges. The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association is the tournament's co-sponsor, and its representatives also serve as judges for the tournament. Competitors at the Spong Tournament represent schools from across the United States.