The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC)
Welcome
The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law
Moot Court Competition
NELMCC 2025 will be held in White Plains, NY
February 20-22, 2025
Registration is Open
General Information
About the Competition
Every year law student advocates nationwide assemble at The Elisabeth Haub School of Law to compete in the largest interschool moot court competition under one roof. Over 200 competitors and 150 attorneys participate in grading briefs and serving as judges for the three day competition.
NELMCC tests students' skills in appellate brief writing and oral advocacy and uses issues drawn from real cases to provide students first-hand experience in environmental litigation while also providing a rigorous academic experience.
The Competition is distinctive in that three adverse teams argue the issues, reflecting the fact that environmental litigation frequently involves multiple parties — the government, a public interest group, and a member of the regulated industry.
Rounds
Oral arguments begin with three preliminary rounds. Judges evaluating the oral arguments include attorneys with environmental law expertise, local attorneys and judges from the nation’s courts. Final round judges are members of the federal and state benches and the US EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board.
The Problem
Each year the legal problem involves timely issues of national importance and/or internatonal importance to the practice of environmental law.
2025 Team Registration and Payment
REGISTRATION IS OFFICIALLY OPEN:
- Registration is limited to the first 51 teams. One Team per school. Payment link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nelmcc-2025-team-payment-registration-registration-920931991377
- Deadline to register is October 1 or until full.
- Each team must complete the online individual team member name registration form by October 26, 2024
- The nonrefundable registration fee is $1,195 payable online by credit card or check payment
- NELMCC office will notify team contact with Team Number when school is officially registered.
- The Problem will be distributed by email on or about October 3, 2024 to 1 Team Contact provided on the registration form.
- Late registrations will be considered if space allows.
2025 Fact Sheet and Important Dates
Lodging and Bus Information
2025 Competition Schedule of Events
Click here for TEAMS
Click here for JUDGES
2025 Problem, Rules, Q&A's
2024 Official Rules
2025 Problem
2025 Problem Questions & Answers
2025 Team Briefs
Briefs: Service of Opposing Teams
In satisfaction of the requirement of service on opposing teams, the 2025 teams have submitted electronic briefs by email attachments. These files are in PDF format. Teams can be identified by their number.
Competitors: Please take a moment to look at your own team's brief and report any problems by email to nelmcc@law.pace.edu or telephone (914) 422-4426
LINKS TO INDIVIDUAL BRIEFS
Below are the links to the individual briefs. Although we have scanned all the files for viruses, saving the files gives your virus-scanning software a chance to rescan and is the best practice when downloading files from the web. If a team has withdrawn from the competition, their corresponding team number will not link to a brief.
Team 1 | Team 28 |
Team 2 | Team 29 |
Team 3 | Team 30 |
Team 4 | Team 31 |
Team 5 | Team 32 |
Team 6 | Team 33 |
Team 7 | Team 34 |
Team 8 | Team 35 |
Team 9 | Team 36 |
Team 10 | Team 37 |
Team 11 | Team 38 |
Team 12 | Team 39 |
Team 13 | Team 40 |
Team 14 | Team 41 |
Team 12 | Team 42 |
Team 16 | Team 43 |
Team 17 | Team 44 |
Team 18 | Team 45 |
Team 19 | Team 46 |
Team 20 | Team 47 |
Team 21 | Team 48 |
Team 22 | Team 49 |
Team 23 | Team 50 |
Team 24 | Team 51 |
Team 25 | |
Team 26 | |
Team 27 |
Competition Results and Video
Click here to view 2024 NELMCC Competition
Click here to view 2024 Final Team Scores
Click here to view the photos from the 2024 Competition
The 2024 Jeffrey G. Miller
National Environmental Law
Moot Court Competition Results
2024 WINNER
University of Minnesota Law School - Team 29
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Maria Pfister, Poojan Thakrar, Hanna Weil
2024 FINALIST
University of Georgia School of Law - Team 8
Transnational Gas Pipelines, LLC (TGP)
Michael Jones, Joseph Will, Emily Wood
2024 FINALIST
Boston College School of Law – Team 5
Holy Order of Mother Earth (HOME)
Cameron Cantelmo, Donald Fagan, Haley Rowlands
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2024 Best Oralist
Asna Poonawalla - Team 2
Baylor University School of Law
Best Oralist - Honorable Mention
Alexis Pineda - Team 2
Baylor University School of Law
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2024 David Sive Award for Best Brief Overall
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law - Team 34
Holy Order of Mother Earth (HOME)
Jake Collier, Taylor Macy, Sana Mohammed
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University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law - Team 21
Brief for Transnational Gas Pipelines, LLC (TGP)
Lauren Cormany, Olivia McQuarrie, Carter Moore
Northeastern University School of Law - Team 23
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Anjika Pai, Marcus Bockhorst
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Give to NELMCC
Each year, our campaign goal is to raise money that will continue to grow NELMCC as a premier environmental moot court and add to the outstanding reputation of the Pace Environmental Law Program.
Please consider making a donation to NELMCC. We rely 100% on the generous support of donors to help fund the administration of the event.
Based on your donation level, you will be recognized for your generosity in a variety of ways as shown on the enclosed sponsor form. Click here for more information & donation levels.
CLICK HERE TO MAKE ONLINE DONATION
SPECIAL NOTE: CHECK THE BOX TO DESIGNATE YOUR GIFT TO THE "NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION"
Thank you for supporting NELMCC.
Meet the 2025 NELMCC Final Round Judges
FINAL ROUND JUDGES
History of "Dawn-Storm King" Painting
Click here for the background and history of the original "Dawn-Storm King" watercolor painting. The painting is exhibited each year by the winning school of the competition.
New York State CLE Information for Judging
Judges are eligible to earn 2 skills/practice credits for every NELMCC round judged. (maximum 6 credits in total allowed)
Judges may also sit for the NYS Ethics CLE Program for attorneys on Friday, February 21, 2025
***To receive credit Attorneys must sign in and out name and time for each Round judged in the Tudor Room and for Ethics CLE Program.
Sponsors
The Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition is grateful to the organizations and people whose generous financial support help make the event possible.
We are pleased to have the following as major supporters:
The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) is the premier forum for environmental, energy, and resource lawyers, advisors, and decision makers. SEER represents more than 7,500 members with a wide range of professional interests and is committed to providing content to help members enhance professional skills and dialogue on relevant subject areas. To learn more about SEER, please visit www.ambar.org/joinseer.
Previous Competitions
Here is link to view previous competitions (2011-present): Video Recordings
The winning briefs can be found in our library research guide: http://libraryguides.law.pace.edu/nelmcc