Moot Court

• Moot Court Team Heads to Nationals

The College of Wooster will send 16 representatives to the American Collegiate Moot Court Association National Tournament this weekend at Chapman University Law School in Orange County, Calif. Eight of Wooster's students qualified at the Midwest Regional Tournament in November, while the other eight qualified at the South Atlantic Regional in December. Included among the team of 16 are Rachel Myers, a sophomore from Wooster, and Erica Rickey, a sophomore from Creston. Backed by strong support from the Wayne County Bar Association, Wooster's Moot Court team has established itself as one of the nation's top programs, and Coach Mark Weaver, professor of political science at Wooster, is confident that his team will make another strong showing this year.

• Daily Record, The Wooster, OH
• January 11, 2012

• St. Louis-Based Washington University Team Wins Aba Moot Court Competition

For the first time in the 35-year history of the competition, a moot court team from Washington University School of Law has won the American Bar Association's National Appellate Advocacy Competition. The team consisted of third-year law students Justin Lepp, Nick Rosinia and Mikela Sutrina and was coached by assistant U.S. Attorney and adjunct professor Richard Finneran, a 2008 graduate of the university's law school.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• May 02, 2012

• Loras Moot Court Team Advances

Loras College hosted the 2011 Upper Midwest Regional Moot Court Tournament on Nov. 11-12. Twelve teams competed in the tournament that is one of eight such sanctioned tournaments in the United States. From the regional tournaments, teams advance to the national championships in January.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• November 22, 2011

• Judging: The Missing Piece of the Moot Court Puzzle

In his essay In Praise of Moot Court-Not!,n Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski skewers moot court competitions for their lack of realism, lack of helpful teaching, and for inflating the participants' sense of selfimportance.12 Commentators on appellate advocacy note a disconnect between moot court and real appellate arguments and explain that arguments that win in actual court would not pass muster in moot court.13 Others note that law school appellate advocacy instruction often does not teach appellate advocacy as much as How to Win Law School Moot Court Competitions. There is "a fair amount of substandard, even atrocious," moot court judging.16 Some of the problems lie with unhelpful critiques in which judges praise nothing more substantive than eye contact while telling students that...

• University of Memphis Law Review, The
• Vol. 37 Nbr. 1, October 2006

• High School Moot Court Comes to Maryland

Mock trial has long been a staple of many Maryland high schools; I'm sure some of you reading this are now recalling the "cases" you argued lo these many years ago. But this weekend, high school students from across the state are going from trial court to appellate court during the inaugural Maryland Invitational Moot Court Tournament on Saturday at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• November 16, 2011

• Wooster's Moot Court Team Impressive at Nationals

WOOSTER -- The College of Wooster's Moot Court team once again distinguished itself at the national level with an impressive showing at the American Collegiate Moot Court Association Tournament, which was held Jan. 15-16 at Florida International University College of Law in Miami. Seniors Shane Legg and Claire Burgess, who captured the regional championship in November, were equally strong at nationals, finishing among the final four in Oral Argument.

• Daily Record, The Wooster, OH
• February 09, 2010

• Wvu College of Law Sponsoring First Moot Energy Court

Johnathan P. Floyd, College of Law student and chief justice of the moot court at WVU, said energy law is an exciting topic because it involves a broad and diverse array of legal issues.

• State Journal, The
• July 13, 2010

• Moot Court

A method of teaching law and legal skills that requires students to analyze and argue both sides of a hypothetical legal issue us...

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• Moot Court Competition Brings Out Best in Aspiring Attorneys

WOOSTER -- John Carter argued persuasively that Chester Comerford's Fourth Amendment rights were violated when comments he made about President Obama in a private online chat room became the subject of a joint investigation by the Secret Service and the FBI. Carter pointed out Comerford was justified in having "an expectation of privacy in a chat room," but a trio of judges had differing opinions, and they peppered the aspiring young attorney with a barrage of questions.

• Daily Record, The Wooster, OH
• December 27, 2011

• Hnba Announces Winners of 15th Annual Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition

WASHINGTON, March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Law students representing 32 of the nation's top law schools gathered at the University of San Diego School of Law on March 5-6, 2010 to participate in the Hispanic National Bar Association's (HNBA) 15th Annual Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition. We always have exceptional students, but this year the competition is truly fierce. All teams produced very strong written briefs and oral arguments. In fact, some members of the judiciary who judged the competition commented that the students' oral argument skills equaled or surpassed some practitioners who appear before them. This event continues to be an HNBA crown jewel," stated Roman D. Hernandez, HNBA National President. "I thank the 12 judges from the HNBA Judicial Council who ...

• U.S. Newswire
• March 17, 2010