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SECOND AND THIRD YEAR STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO<\/p>\n
TO TRY OUT FOR THE 2015-16 NATIONAL MOOT COURT TEAM<\/p>\n
THE NATIONAL MOOT COURT TEAM IS A TWO OR THREE-PERSON TEAM THAT COMPETES IN ONE OF THE LARGEST APPELLATE ADVOCACY COMPETITIONS IN THE NATION. THE PROBLEM WILL ARRIVE IN MID-SEPTEMBER. STUDENTS ON THE TEAM MUST WRITE THE BRIEF, WHICH IS DUE IN MID-OCTOBER, WITHOUT OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE. THE TEAM WILL THEN PRACTICE INTENSIVELY IN PREPARATION FOR THE REGIONAL COMPETITION IN MID-NOVEMBER. THE TOP TWO TEAMS IN THE REGION ADVANCE TO THE NATIONAL FINALS, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY IN EARLY FEBRUARY.<\/p>\n
TEAM MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE TWO HOURS OF COURSE CREDIT.<\/p>\n
Students interested in trying out for the team must submit the following to Professor Kritchevsky by 4:00 pm on Tuesday September 1: 1) a writing sample (preferably persuasive writing), 2) a one or two page statement explaining your qualifications and reasons for wishing to be a member of a team, and 3) a resume.<\/p>\n
TRY-OUTS WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2-3.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n TRY-OUTS: The try-outs consist of an argument and an interview. Applicants may argue any issue they wish (most give the argument they gave in the last in-school competition). Applicants should be prepared for questions; the judging panel will stop the argument after approximately ten minutes. The interview will follow the argument.<\/p>\n Numerous factors go into selecting a team. The writing sample is very important because the brief is a crucial part of the competition. The interview, argument, and statement of interest are also important. Other relevant factors include prior work and writing experience, experience as a member of a team, and success in law school and previous competitions. We are seeking a well-balanced team and are likely to select individuals with different strengths and backgrounds.<\/p>\n Membership on the team is a substantial time commitment, but many people have successfully competed on national teams and been members of law review and the moot court board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SECOND AND THIRD YEAR STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO TO TRY OUT FOR THE 2015-16 NATIONAL MOOT COURT TEAM THE NATIONAL...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moot-court"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3383,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3381\/revisions\/3383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}