Competitions
Every year, the AMCA sponsors approximately 20 tournaments, including qualifying tournaments and national tournaments. During the 2023-2024 competition season, nearly 1,000 undergraduate students from more than a hundred colleges and universities competed in seventeen regional qualifying tournaments to earn a slot to the National Championship Tournament. More than 120 teams from over 40 schools participated in the Preliminary Rounds of the National Tournament.
AMCA Board Member and Tournament Director John Rudisill performs the coin toss for the semi finals match up between the team Brenna Reagan and Ava Savelkoul of Loyola University Chicago (left) and Sydnee Coggins and Ryann Rippey of Morehouse College (right) at the Midwest Regional Tournament at the College of Wooster in Fall 2023.

2025-2026 Qualifying Tournaments: Schedule
This schedule is subject to change.
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Schools MUST submit a school authorization letter from an appropriate representative from their institution that meets AMCA guidelines. Once the authorization letter is approved by the AMCA, the AMCA will provide the point of contact at the school with the password necessary to complete the annual AMCA member school registration. Member school registration must occur before any teams from that school may register for AMCA qualifying tournaments. Upon completion of the annual registration, schools will be given a password to access the qualifying tournament registration page. Attempting to register a team for a qualifying tournament prior to completion of the annual AMCA school registration may result in disqualification of a school or team from competition.
Each 2-person team may only register for one individual qualifying tournament. Attempting to register a 2-person team or an individual at more than one qualifying tournament is a violation of AMCA rules and may result in disqualification of the school or team from competition and/or a ban from future AMCA competitions. Each qualifying tournament assesses a registration fee per 2-person team, which must be paid upon registration.
The fee for all regional qualifying tournaments will be $200 per 2-student team.
REGISTRATION FEES ARE NON REFUNDABLE. Please only register for slots you know you will use. The AMCA wants to provide opportunities to as many students as possible and over-registration early in the season can discourage those who are unable to secure slots.
To further encourage schools to only register slots they know they will need, and to communicate with AMCA as soon as possible if they do need to drop a team from a competition, the AMCA instituted withdrawal penalties. In short, in addition to loss of the initial registration fees, drops occurring less than 14 days before the start of the tournament will incur a penalty.
Slots at individual qualifying tournaments will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis, per the registration waves indicated below. Once a qualifying tournament has reached capacity, no additional registrations will be permitted for that qualifying tournament. AMCA intends to maintain waitlists for tournaments.
Key Dates:
July 1, 2025 - AMCA member school registration opens for schools whose Authorization Letters are approved. Once an authorized school registers with the AMCA and pays the $75 registration fee, the designated contact person will be provided a password for registration at qualifying tournaments
Fall 2025 Registration opens. A school can register up to five (5) teams in regional qualifying tournaments during the first week of registration.
Fall 2025 Week 2 of registration. A school can register up to five (5) more teams in regional qualifying tournaments.
Fall 2025 Week 3 of registration. A school can register up to five (5) more teams in regional qualifying tournaments.
Fall 2025 Week 4 of registration and beyond. A school can register as many teams as they wish in regional qualifying tournaments (subject to school caps at specific tournaments).
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AMCA's per school team cap:
PRONT:
2025-2026 National Tournaments: Schedule
Preliminary Rounds of the National Tournament (PRONTs)
Final Round of the National Tournament (FRONT)
2025-2026 Brief Writing Competition: Deadlines
Registration: All brief writing teams must be registered with the AMCA prior to entering the competition. Teams will purchase one brief registration at a time from the AMCA website. The registration fee is $25 per brief. Registration will open in Fall/Winter 2025.
Teams will receive a confirmation number for each order, which must be entered on each brief’s eligibility form.
Submission: Teams must submit their brief and the brief eligibility form in one email (but separate PDFs) to appellatebriefs@amcamootcourt.org by Winter 2025
Click here to download the brief eligibility form.
See our Resources page for instructions, templates, and all related rules.
Announcement: We anticipate announcing results of the brief competition in Early 2026