Constitutional Law

Regional Rounds Continue In Constance Baker Motley Moot Court

ACS's fourth annual Constance Baker Motley National Moot Court Competition enters its second preliminary regional round this weekend at Howard University School of Law. More than 70 teams from 45 law schools are participating in the regional competitions with the final round to be held at the 2009 ACS National Convention in Washington, D.C. this summer. The Moot Court case centers on issues dealing with the extent of presidential power and access to justice, including whether the executive branch can successfully raise the state secrets privilege to dismiss a legal challenge to a warrantless domestic spying program. The competition will take place on March 28 and 29 at the Howard University law school. Lawyers interested in serving as judges in the moot court should respond via this webform.

The moot court competition is named in honor of Constance Baker Motley (right), who played a vital role in the advancement of civil rights and women's rights in American. Motley, who died in 2005, won nine of the ten cases she argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and became the first African American woman to be elected to the New York State Senate. In 1966, Motley became the first African American woman appointed to the federal judiciary, and in 1993 she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

Lawyers who want to judge in this weekend's moot court competition should complete this webform.   

Full post as published by ACS Blog on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).