The CCBA’s New Lawyers Committee organizes volunteers for the student competitions held by the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law.
26th Annual Client Counseling Competition
- Friday October 4, 2024 (Preliminary Round 6:00-8:15pm)
- Saturday October 5, 2024 (Semi-Finals 9:30-10:30am, Final Round 11:00-12:15pm)
- UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
Members of the Nevada bench and bar are sought to volunteer to judge the students’ performance in the competition.
The Client Counseling Competition provides 1L students at Boyd their first opportunity to practice their interpersonal skills, as future attorneys, through a consultation with a mock client.
To compete, the students form teams of two and prepare to consult with a mock client. The mock client is provided with a detailed fact pattern to work from during the competition, but the student teams are not provided this fact pattern. During the competition, each student team will conduct a fifteen-minute interview with the mock client in order to learn as many facts and issues as possible about the client and advise the client of their legal options.
It is the role of the judge to observe student teams assigned to them and score them on both their interpersonal communication skills and their ability to find potential legal issues from the mock client’s fact pattern. Points may also be awarded for maintaining a professional demeanor throughout. At the end of each round, judges will score the student teams based on their performance and will have the opportunity to provide constructive feedback to the students.
Volunteers should be Nevada attorneys, judges, or mediators. Judging the competition qualifies as pro bono service!
For more information and to sign up to judge the competition, complete the form below.