By joining NUMT, you’ll join one of the most successful mock trial teams in the country and will improve your critical thinking, public speaking, and acting skills. Not only will you get to compete with and learn from some of the best competitors in the activity, but you’ll also go head-to-head with other extremely successful teams at the top invitationals in the country. NUMT also boasts an extremely comprehensive curriculum for members to develop their skills: we mix lesson workshops with hands-on practice on a team made up of a mixture of new members and experienced members.
You’ll also get access to professional connections with our coaches and alumni. Every year we’re coached by practicing attorneys in Chicago and students at top law schools around the country. Several of our members have gotten internships at law firms and clinics through our coaches and our law school coaches give our members advice and insight into studying for the LSAT and getting into T14 law schools. Our alumni are also extremely successful: in the past few years, we’ve send alumni to Harvard Law, the Department of Justice, and Capitol Hill.
Finally, by joining NUMT, you’ll gain a community on campus. Throughout the fall season, we hold “friend dates” to introduce our new members to our upperclassmen to form bonds and welcome our new members into our NUMT family. We also hold social events throughout the year, from singing karaoke together to taking a trip to the world’s largest Starbucks in downtown Chicago. We’d say that NUMT works hard and plays hard, but to be honest, it never feels like work when we’re together.