Legal Commentary

I write to you all from New York Law School, where I'm visiting this week as coach of my law school's labor and employment moot court team.  NYLS hosts the Wagner Competition every year, and it's been a lot of fun.  It gives me a chance to get back in the game and reactivate my old appellate litigation and L&E experience, and it's nice to get to know the students (or at least two of them) quite a bit better.  We actually have two coaches -- myself and a distinguished and experienced L&E litigator -- and I tend to think that we complement each other in some nice ways.

So a question to you all: Do other schools do this?  Do other schools have faculty (tenured, tenure-track, otherwise?) acting as advisors/coaches to moot court competition teams?  Do they travel with the students?  I think it's rare but I have heard of it at other places, and wanted to inquire more generally.  I actually got started in this as a favor to a friend and it does take up a good bit of time and energy, but I have to say -- I really enjoy it, and I think the students get a tremendous amount out of it.

P.S.  If you happen to be going to the Wagner Ball, I'll see you there -- and feel free to drop me a note...