Texas Tech over South Texas!

Here's the way LSA approaches this region of NYC Bar's NMC:

"winner" = Texas Tech
"finalist" = South Texas
"semifinalist" = Texas Wesleyan
"semifinalist" = SMU

Tang it up

Tang national:

Winner: Hastings

Finalist: Nova

Semis: John Marshall, Chicago-Kent

Phoenix at San Diego's Criminal Procedure MCC

Rule 4(a) of University of San Diego's Criminal Procedure moot court competition prohibits students from working with professors on briefs:

Rule 4. OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE AND COACHING

a) Faculty or Other Assistance. No team shall receive outside assistance of any kind prior to filing its brief.

I've alerted a USD student rep to the following news item concerning the comp's semifinalist, Phoenix School of Law:

"Phoenix School of Law students are making a mark on the national moot court level. The school sent two teams to southern California to compete in the 21st Annual University of San Diego School of Law National Criminal Procedure Tournament, and walked away with distinguished honors. One PhoenixLaw team won “best brief” and advanced to the semi-finals with an individual team member ranking at the top of the oralists.
....
The teams worked with PhoenixLaw Professor Victoria Salzmann to draft briefs:..." (emphasis added)

http://www.phoenixlaw.edu/about/default.asp?PageID=149&ID=398

Phoenix is currently listed as a semifinalist at the comp and as such, would be due 35 points. I'll keep you posted with comment from the student rep.

Navy JAG MCC

Winner - Stetson
Finalist - Florida A & M
Semis - Florida, Southern University

(23 teams)

San Diego Crim Pro

San Diego Criminal Procedure Tournament (39 teams)

Winner - Stanford Law School

2nd Place - University of Kansas School of Law
Semis - Boston College Law School, Phoenix School of Law

Some NYC bar news

NYC Bar Region 8 (18 teams)

1st: Loyola Chicago
2nd: Chicago-Kent
Semis: Loyola-Chicago II, University of Wisconsin

NYC Bar Region 12 (15 teams total)

Winner - UC Hastings
2nd Place - UC Hastings
Semis: University of San Francisco, University of San Diego

(Hastings and San Fran will be advancing to nationals since Hastings can't send two teams)

Info re upcoming National Animal Law MCC

2010 NATIONAL ANIMAL LAW APPELLATE MOOT COURT COMPETITION

The most current information is available at:

http://www.lclark.edu/law/centers/animal_law_studies/students/NALC/

Competition: February 5-7, 2010

Registration: Opened November 10, 2009

Closes January 5, 2010 (or until registration fills)

Questions?

Contact Competition Administrator Liberty Mulkani at lmulkani@aldf.org

The Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark (CALS), in collaboration with the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), has announced that registration has opened for the 2010 National Animal Law Appellate Moot Court Competition. The fee is $400 per team. An Appellate Moot Court team is composed of two students who have completed at least one year of legal study at an accredited law school in the United States or Canada. Space is limited to the first twenty teams that register and pay the registration fee. No more than two teams from the same law school may participate.