Who is this institute designed for?

It is built for high-school-level delegates, from newcomers who want a foundation in rules of procedure to experienced competitors refining crisis and advanced committee skills before the autumn season.

Where does the program take place?

The institute runs in Los Angeles, in the United States, as a residential summer program rather than a virtual or hybrid offering.

Is this a conference or a training program?

It is a training institute. Unlike a standard Model UN conference, the format centres on instruction, drills, and simulated committees designed to teach - not on competing for delegation awards.

How established is the program?

The organiser reports running the institute for fourteen years, with thousands of alumni who have moved through the curriculum - a track record worth weighing against newer summer offerings.

What should delegates do after attending?

Use the Los Angeles week as a launchpad: debrief with a school advisor, rewrite a position paper applying the new techniques, and lock in at least one autumn conference to convert the training into committee reps.

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Model United Nations Institute

Name: Model United Nations Institute
Start: 2026-07-19T00:00:00Z
End: 2026-07-25T00:00:00Z
Location: Los Angeles

Los Angeles, United States of America · high-school

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Dates: Jul 19–2026 (day: 25)
Fee: TBD
Reg deadline: TBD
Delegates: TBD
Language: English
Format: In-person

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Summary

The Model United Nations Institute returns to Los Angeles for a summer residential program aimed at high school delegates who want to sharpen their committee craft before the autumn conference circuit. It is a training intensive rather than a competition, blending lectures, simulations, and skills clinics across a week in southern California. For students considering a serious MUN trajectory - whether toward national championships or international invitationals - the institute functions as a preseason camp: a place to install habits, test resolutions, and meet peers who will reappear at conferences throughout the academic year.

Why this edition matters in 2026

Summer institutes have become the quiet infrastructure behind competitive Model UN. While the headline conferences draw the attention, the delegates who arrive in committee with polished position papers and disciplined caucusing usually trained somewhere over the summer. Los Angeles, with its dense cluster of universities and a deep bench of MUN alumni-coaches, has grown into one of the natural hubs for this kind of preparation. The organiser has been running this program for years and reports tens of thousands of alumni across that history - a scale that matters because it means the curriculum has been iterated against real committee outcomes, not designed in the abstract. For families weighing summer options, that track record is the relevant due-diligence signal. It also matters because the high-school MUN ecosystem is increasingly stratified. Delegates who treat summer as off-season fall behind those who use it to learn parliamentary procedure properly, draft real working papers, and rehearse crisis directives. An institute compresses that learning curve.

Key topics & committees

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A residential institute format that prioritises skill-building - rules of procedure, resolution drafting, crisis response - over competitive awards, positioning delegates for the conference season that follows.
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Summer training as a structural advantage in the high-school Model UN pipeline, where deliberate practice during the off-season increasingly separates podium delegates from the rest of committee.
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How to prepare

Treat the week as a laboratory rather than a vacation. Before arriving, delegates should audit their own weaknesses honestly - is the gap in research, in public speaking, in negotiation tactics, or in writing operative clauses that survive amendment? Walking into Los Angeles with a specific question to answer makes the curriculum stick. Bring a working knowledge of two or three countries you expect to represent during the conference season. The institute's simulations are more valuable when you can map drills onto real upcoming committees - GA Fourth, ECOSOC, a regional bloc, a crisis cabinet. Generic preparation produces generic delegates. Finally, plan the follow-through. The week ends, but the relationships and feedback are only useful if you schedule a debrief with your home club's advisor, rewrite one position paper using what you learned, and book the next conference within a month of returning. Institutes pay off in the autumn, not in July.

Eligibility deep-dive

Level: high-school
Age: —
Team size: —
Country quota: Open

Schedule & deadlines

Conference
Jul 19, 2026 – Jul 25, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Who is this institute designed for?
It is built for high-school-level delegates, from newcomers who want a foundation in rules of procedure to experienced competitors refining crisis and advanced committee skills before the autumn season.
Where does the program take place?
The institute runs in Los Angeles, in the United States, as a residential summer program rather than a virtual or hybrid offering.
Is this a conference or a training program?
It is a training institute. Unlike a standard Model UN conference, the format centres on instruction, drills, and simulated committees designed to teach - not on competing for delegation awards.
How established is the program?
The organiser reports running the institute for fourteen years, with thousands of alumni who have moved through the curriculum - a track record worth weighing against newer summer offerings.
What should delegates do after attending?
Use the Los Angeles week as a launchpad: debrief with a school advisor, rewrite a position paper applying the new techniques, and lock in at least one autumn conference to convert the training into committee reps.

Last verified May 27, 2026 · Source: mymun.com

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