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All students are invited to the Moot Court Information Session on Tuesday, September 13, at 12:15 p.m. in Classroom Building B228. Moot Court simulates appellate argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. Moot Court is thus different from mock trial in that students argue constitutional and statutory questions that are stated in a hypothetical Supreme Court case formulated by the American Collegiate Moot Court Association (ACMA). The team will compete in the American Moot Court Association's official Midwest Regional Tournament at the the College of Wooster in Ohio. This year's tournament will be held November 18 and 19. This regional tournament acts as the qualifying tournament for teams wishing to compete at the ACMA National Tournament in January 2017. The top 20 percent of teams competing at each regional tournament will receive an automatic invitation to the national tournament. To compete in the national tournament, teams must first compete in an AMCA-sanctioned regional tournament. This year's case involves issues around First Amendment political speech and gender discrimination as outlined by the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Co-coaches Peter Yacobucci, associate professor of political science, and William Altreuter, local attorney and partner at Altreuter Berlin, will be present to answer questions and outline what it takes to be a successful team. Participation in Moot Court competitions is a wonderful introduction to legal thinking and a legal career. If you have an interest in the law, please stop by!

For more information, please contact Dr. Yacobucci, campus coordinator of the American Democracy Project, 878-6116.