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KU moot court teams earn awards in national competitions

Maria Salcedo and Michael Lee

LAWRENCE — Several University of Kansas School of Law students have earned awards in recent national moot court competitions.

Maria Salcedo, a second-year student, brought home the top prize for presenting the best set of oral arguments at the regional level of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition held Feb. 21-24 in Houston. Teammate Michael Lee, a first-year student, won the award for third-best set of oral arguments.

More than 80 students competed in the oral argument phase of the competition, and more than 20 teams took part in the regional contest.

Participation in the Jessup competition is an important element of the law school’s International and Comparative Law Program. Other KU teams have won the regional competition several times and the world championship twice.

Despite its strong showing, this year’s team — which also consisted of second-year students Ashlyn Buck, Danielle Davey and Matt Sterling — did not advance into the upper reaches of the competition.

A two-member team from KU competed at the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition held Feb. 21-23 at Pace University Law School in White Plains, N.Y. Jenny Calvert and Bob Johnson, both third-year students, argued well and received good feedback but did not advance to the quarterfinal round. Calvert won best oralist in the last round in which the team competed. The competition draws more than 200 participants.

Burton Warrington, a second-year law student, and Bud Scott, a third-year student, advanced through two rounds of competition at the National Native American Law Students Association Moot Court Competition held Feb. 21-23 in Tempe, Ariz.

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