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Southeast Undergraduate
Moot Court Tournament
Host:
Armstrong Atlantic State University
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31419
Date: November 21st & 22nd, 2008
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REGISTER -- Registration Deadline November 7th, 2008
Registration Fee - $30
Late Registration Fee - $35
Contacts:
For registration and competition information -
Prof. Becky
da Cruz 344-2748
For AASU students interested in participating in the Moot
Court class and competition -
Dr. Paul Fabian
Mullen 344-3230
ACMA 2009 National Tournament, January 16 and 17, 2009
Chapman University School of Law
Orange County, California
2008 Moot Court Schedule:
Friday, November 21
-- Registration 12:00 - 12:45
-- Preliminary Round 1 - 1:00
-- Preliminary Round 2 - 2:00
-- Preliminary Round 3 - 3:00
* Snacks provided
Saturday, November 22
--Quarter Final Round - 9:00
--Semi-Final Round - 10:00
--Final Round - 11:00
--Awards Presentation - 12:12
*Continental Breakfast provided
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We are so proud
of the CJSPS Moot Court Program and
especially the 2007 National Champions.
Pictured above are past team members: (left to right)
Melissa Williams,
Adam Morrison, Brian Dotson and Mary Lauren Melton.
What is Moot
Court?
Moot Court is a
simulation of an appellate court proceeding. It involves
teams of student-contestants, clients burdened by a legal
problem, briefs and oratory detailing the dimensions
of the legal problem before an appellate court, and the
judging of performances by panels of students, attorneys,
law faculty, or, on occasion, members of the judicial
branch of government..
In order to develop
these arguments, students conduct legal
research on the strand of cases pertinent to their hypothetical.
Some professors give students "open cases."
In this situation,
students can make any legal argument that they can support
with actual
case law - from any district or level of the judiciary.
Most professors
prefer a "closed case" approach. In a closed
case,
the professor provides the students with an appendix
of
relevant and permissible cases to cite in their arguments.
Students are still responsible for researching the cases,
distinguishing the facts, and learning the jurisprudence
of each of the cases
(typically, a closed case will have an appendix of 15
to 20 relevant opinions).
At oral arguments,
students are given twenty minutes to speak;
they may split their time in any way desired. The judge(s)
hearing the
arguments are encouraged to interrupt the student-lawyers
at any time, asking legal and policy questions (and even,
occasionally, impertinent questions).
Through this process, students develop the ability to
think quickly,
speak extemporaneously, and use their legal knowledge.
Students also develop an understanding of the norms and
hierarchies embedded in legal systems.
The overwhelming
focus of your own legal research and preparation
will be focused on what we will affectionately call
"the Competition Case" - the case to be argued
at regional competition
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