Category: Student Organization Announcements

MCHS – Win $250 with a 15 minute argument!

The University of Akron Moot Court Honor Society will be hosting its second annual internal moot court competition on Saturday, April 9, begining at 10am.  This year, competitors will be competing for a first place prize of $250. This year’s runner up will receive a $100 consolation.

On Friday April 1, all persons interested in competing will receive a closed problem including the issue presented and all applicable case law. No outside research is needed or permitted, nor will any competitor need to prepare a brief.

Using the provided materials, competitors will prepare a 15 minute argument for each side of the case.  On the day of the competition, competitors will be randomly seeded and the side argued will be decided by coin flip. Preliminary rounds will begin at 10am, with the final round ending no later than 4pm.

Free lunch will be provided to all participants.

The competition is open to all 2L, 3L, and 4L students. 1L students are encouraged to attend as this is a fantastic opportunity to watch and learn from the performance of their fellow classmates and from the feedback from the competition judges before giving their own LARW arguments in the coming weeks.

This is an excellent opportunity to practice your advocacy skills, compete against your friends and colleagues, and receive great feedback from experienced moot court competitors, professors, practitioners. Not to mention the chance to win a couple hundred dollars!

All those interested in participating should contact Kevin Kita at KevinKita@gmail.com.

PAD – Election and General Meeting – 4/4, 12:15, W-210

PHI ALPHA DELTA will hold Elections and a General meeting on April 4 at 12:15 in W-210.

Available Positions: Justice, Vice Justice, Treasurer, Marshall, Clerk

This is a great way to get involved here at Akron Law. If you are interested in serving as a PAD officer for the 2011-2012 academic year, email Howard Wernow hlw6@zips.uakron.edu with the position for which you want to be considered. Contested positions will be given a 3 minute speech at the meeting with a 1 minute Pro.