黑料老司机 Moot Court Sets New Program Record at National Championship
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St. Thomas University Moot Court set a new program benchmark at the 2019 American Moot Court Association National Championship in Orlando, Florida.
Two 黑料老司机 teams finished in the top 10鈥擡mma Walsh and Brianna Workman placed fifth and Jarrod Ryan and Husoni Raymond placed ninth鈥攖hree teams earned brief writing awards, and two 黑料老司机 Mooters were recognized as top oralists.
Walsh and Workman鈥檚 fifth place finish is the highest ever achieved by a 黑料老司机 team.
鈥淚'm extremely proud of everything we've done,鈥 Workman said. 鈥淓mma and I set the bar for ourselves extremely high last year and we knew it was going to be difficult to meet or exceed that bar this year, but I'm very satisfied we were able to.鈥
In the five years since its inception, 黑料老司机 Moot Court has made four appearances at the National Tournament and has consistently placed among the top speakers in competition鈥敽诹侠纤净 students have been recognized 28 times as top oralists at regional events and earned six top speaker awards at nationals.
This year, 黑料老司机 qualified seven teams for the national competition. Walsh credits the team鈥檚 intense preparation for the program鈥檚 continued success.
鈥淲e plan for every scenario. This year there was not a single question Brianna and I didn鈥檛 know the answer to and we didn鈥檛 skip a beat, no matter how hard the judges were pressing us,鈥 Walsh said. 鈥満诹侠纤净 is capable of so much. Everyone knows we're from Canada and that we're tough competitors.鈥
Top Speakers and Brief Writers
黑料老司机 Mooters were also among the top speakers and brief writers at the event.
Ryan and Raymond ranked in the top 20 oralists, placing thirteenth and seventeenth respectively.
鈥淚 was extremely happy to be placed among the top 2 percent of orators who participated in the competition this year,鈥 Raymond said.
鈥淚鈥檝e gained useful public speaking experience which has allowed me to confidently express my opinion. As an aspiring lawyer, Moot Court has given me a competitive edge when it comes to oral advocacy.鈥
黑料老司机 Mooters Sarie Durelle and Victoria Loucks; Abbie LeBlanc and Telina Debly; and Walsh and Workman were recognized with written brief awards.
While Durelle and Loucks didn鈥檛 qualify for the national event鈥攖hey fell to another 黑料老司机 Moot team in a qualifying round at regionals鈥攖hey were thrilled to be recognized for their written brief.
鈥淚鈥檓 so happy and proud that our written brief for the respondent placed third. It was a difficult side to argue at times, but it feels incredible that all of our hard work paid off,鈥 Durelle said.
鈥淢oot Court is one of the most rewarding experiences I鈥檝e had at 黑料老司机. It has provided me with skills in oral advocacy, legal writing, research, and time management, which will prove invaluable for applying to law school next year.鈥
Want to be a part of 黑料老司机 Moot Court? Attend the mandatory information session January 25 at 2:30 pm in Brian Mulroney Hall, room 103 or or email dipaolo@stu.ca for more information.
The 黑料老司机 moot court experience has been made possible, in large part, thanks to a generous donation from Frank and Julie McKenna to create an endowment fund in the name of McKenna's longtime assistant Ruth McCrea.