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Roger Williams University DOCS@RWU School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events School of Law Publications 7-26-2024 First Amendment And Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition Roger Williams University School of Law Michelle Choate Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.rwu.edu/law_pubs_conf  Part of the Constitutional Law Commons, Courts Commons, First Amendment Commons, Internet Law Commons, Judges Commons, Legal Education Commons, Legal Profession Commons, Legal Writing and Research Commons, and the Litigation Commons First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition Moot Court Competition Finals Thursday, February 1, 2024 | 3:30 - 5:30 PM The Ritz-Carlton, Bacara 8301 Hollister Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93117 Application Process Law students interested in the Competition submit a written application, including a short essay explaining their interest in issues of media and communications law. There is no fee to apply. All applications are due  and must be received no later than Midnight PDT on the deadline date. Students may apply individually or as part of two-person teams (each team member must complete an individual application).  Based on the essay submissions, competitors are selected to submit an appeal brief as part of a two-person team. Applicants who did not apply as part of a team will be paired with a partner.  Application Deadline:  Monday, October 23, 2023. Competition Rules & Details Competing teams are assigned a hypothetical set of facts from which to prepare an appellate brief. Each team will be paired with a practicing media lawyer for career advice, mentoring and networking. Mentors also will review and comment on a draft of their assigned team’s appellate brief.  Briefs are judged blindly by a panel of experienced media-law practitioners. The team with the highest-scoring brief will be awarded “Best Brief” and each team member will receive $1,000.  Each team that timely submits a brief compliant with the rules will be invited to argue the case before panels of communications lawyers acting as judges. Each team will take part in two argument sessions before two different panels of judges: One round in which the team will argue “on brief” (the side for which the team’s brief was prepared) and a second round “off brief” (arguing the opposing side).   The four individual competitors with the highest combination of scores from the brief and the two oral arguments, without regard to team assignment, will compete in the finals, arguing before a panel of prominent sitting judges. For the final round of arguments, the finalists will be randomly assigned to represent appellant or appellee, resulting in new team assignments.  The team with the highest score for the final round will be the winner of the Competition. Each member of the winning team will receive $750. The finalist with the highest score for the final round of oral argument will be deemed “Best Oralist” and will receive $1,500.   Moot Court 2023-2024 Competition Official Rules Overview and Deadline The annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition, now in its 16th year, is designed to introduce diverse law students to the practice of media law and to lawyers active in the communications law bar. The competition offers cash awards for superior performance in appellate briefing and oral argument.  The moot court hypothetical case will involve timely issues of national significance in the areas affecting communications law. The preliminary rounds of this year’s competition will be held virtually via video conference and will feature judges that are partners at top law firms, in-house counsel at major media companies, and media law scholars. Finalists will receive airfare and accommodations for the Forum on Communications Law’s Annual Conference scheduled to take place February 1 - 3, 2024. The final round of competition will take place in-person at the Conference before prominent members of the judiciary. Eligibility Students from any ABA-accredited law school are encouraged to apply to participate in the competition. Students must be members of a chapter of the National Black Law Students Association; the National Latino/a Law Student Association; the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association; the National Native American Law Students Association; National Disabled Law Students Association;  National LGBT Bar’s Law Student Congress or a comparable minority law student organization at their school. Hypothetical Participant's Instructions District Court Decision Summary of Hypothetical   Competition Administration and Sponsors The First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition is administered by the American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law. The Competition Committee, made up of volunteer scholars and practitioners from across the field of media law, will oversee the administration of the Competition.  For any questions, please contact the Competition Committee at: medialawmoot@gmail.com.   Natalie Harris Baron Harris Healey Chicago, IL   Linda R. Norbut Thomas & LoCicero Tampa, FL  Amy Kristin Sanders  The University of Texas at Austin | Moody College of Communication Austin, TX First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition FAMLD The annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition is designed to introduce diverse law students to the practice of media law and to lawyers active in the communications law bar. The competition offers cash awards for superior performance in appellate briefing and oral argument. The moot court hypothetical case will involve timely issues of national significance in the areas affecting communications law. The preliminary rounds of the 2023-24 competition will be held virtually via video conference and will feature judges that are partners at top law firms, in-house counsel at major media companies, and media law scholars. Finalists will receive airfare and accommodations for the Forum on Communications Law’s Annual Conference scheduled to take place February 1 – 3, 2024. The final round of competition will take place in-person at the Conference before prominent members of the judiciary. Students must be from an ABA-accredited law school and must be members of a chapter of the National Black Law Students Association; the National Latino/a Law Student Association; the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association; the National Native American Law Students Association; National Disabled Law Students Association;  National LGBT Bar’s Law Student Congress or a comparable minority law student organization at their school. Important Dates Registration Deadline Hypothetical Published Mentors/Sides Assigned Appellate Briefs Due Preliminary Rounds Semifinal Rounds Final Rounds October 23, 2023 November 3 (emailed to participants) November 13 December 31 by midnight (PDT)* January 10 & 11, 2024 (ZOOM = on-brief and off-brief) January 17, 2024 (Zoom = Top 4 / on-brief and off-brief) February 1, 2024 / 3:30-5:30 PM (PDT) (LIVE at ABA Forum on Communications Annual Conference in Santa Barbara, CA) * Each team must submit their measuring brief and service brief to medialawmoot@gmail.com, in accordance with the Official Rules. REMEMBER: The service brief must have no indication of p ersonal names or schools. Briefs submitted after the deadline will be disqualified.  Victorious Verdict RWU Law 3L Brittney Ortiz was paired with Marco Romero of Yale Law School at the final round of the ABA 16th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition and the duo emerged as winners. At this round, Brittney and Marco were pitted against a second team from University of Illinois College of Law and Harvard Law. February 21, 2024 Michelle Choate   Brittney Ortiz 3L receives a plaque from Prof. Justin Kishbaugh, symbolizing her victory at the First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition held in Santa Barbara, CA. Image Credit: Kathleen MacAndrew Roger Williams University School of Law’s Brittney Ortiz  3L, emerged victorious as part of the winning duo at the 16th annual ABA First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court competition. This Moot Court competition is designed to introduce minority law students to the practice of media law. At the conclusion of the competition, awards are given for superior performance in appellate briefing and oral argument.   At the beginning, the competition consisted of 18 two-person teams which narrowed down to three teams.   Ortiz entered the competition at the invitation of fellow RWU Law 3L Aicha Elola, with whom she performed as a team for the first two rounds of the competition. Due to the rules of the competition, the four individual competitors with the highest combination of scores from the brief and the two oral arguments, without regard to team assignment, moved on to compete in the finals in Santa Barbara, CA. Because she was one of those top four, Ortiz was paired with Marco Romero (Yale Law School) for the finals. However, Ortiz holds Elola and her abilities in high esteem. Says Ortiz, “Aicha has top-tier oral advocacy skills. I would not have made it as far as I did in the competition without her.”  In the First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court, competing teams are assigned a legal topic and a set of facts from which to prepare an appellate brief. At issue for this year’s competition was a particular statute that prohibited the selling or distribution of sexually explicit material to minors. Teams had to determine if the statute was constitutional or if it was impeding on First Amendment rights. Ortiz and her teammate took the position that the statute was constitutional, arguing that the statute’s language was necessarily broad in order to be adaptable to the diverse nature of the different communities—and the values and viewpoints found there. The opposing team argued that the statute was too vague and hard to follow. The panel of judges for the final, which included two federal judges and one state court judge, found in favor of Ortiz and her teammate Romero.    Ortiz credits RWU Law classes and her experience as a TA in the writing center for her success in the competition. “Everything I learned in the Prisoner’s Rights class taught me how to attack opposing councils’ briefs. And I believe I was able to do so well with writing the brief because of the teachings of Professor Kishbaugh at the Writing Center.”  While technically a victory for her and Romero, Ortiz sees her performance in the Moot Court as exemplary of the adage “It takes a village.”  In addition to her original partner Elola and all of her RWU Law professors, she is grateful to the many alumni who helped her in preparing and powering through the rigorous competition. But as a student who went to the writing center “about 70 times” in one semester, she truly believes she would not even have had the confidence to enter the competition without the improvement in her writing that she credits to Professor Justin R. Kishbaugh.   As RWU Law’s Associate Director of Academic Success and a Professor of Writing, Prof. Kishbaugh can speak with great authority on both the importance of good writing in the legal profession and Ortiz’ commitment to improvement. “Good writing is the gateway to success in these competitions—as it is in both law school and the legal profession. With that standard in mind, I often tell my students that their understanding of and arguments regarding the law mean nothing if not expressed in an organized and understandable prose,” says Kishbaugh. “To help students produce the quality of prose that Moot Court competitions and the legal profession expect of them, I stress that good writing is a skill that can be learned and is dependent more on effort and planning than on intrinsic aptitude or innate ability. Brittney is the record holder for the most appointments in a single semester at our law school’s Writing Center. Her hard work and commitment led to great writing and the well-deserved success and recognition that come with it. We could not be prouder of her tremendous accomplishment!”   

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Roger Williams University DOCS@RWU School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events School of Law Publications 7-26-2024 RWU School Of Law Social Justice Camp Roger Williams University School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.rwu.edu/law_pubs_conf  Part of the Constitutional Law Commons, Judges Commons, Law and Race Commons, Law and Society Commons, Legal Education Commons, Legal Profession Commons, Litigation Commons, Public Interest Commons, and the State and Local Government Law Commons  RWU School of Law Social Justice Camp This day-program is designed for students in grades 6-9 who are interested in learning more about the importance of law in daily life.  This summer RWU Law will pilot a one-week social justice summer camp for middle school children. Campers will enjoy being on our Bristol campus overlooking Mount Hope Bay and will also experience our urban campus in Providence.  This program, created by law school professors, is appropriate for all middle school aged children interested in engaging with social justice movements, from free speech protestors, to environmental justice activists, to voting rights supporters. Your child will learn from practicing attorneys, members of the Rhode Island judiciary, and community leaders. Each child will be encouraged to complete a capstone project on the subject matter of their own choosing. Register Now Dates Session 1 July 17-22; Session 2 July 31 - August 5 Mandell Boisclair Social Justice Summer Camp 2024 Posted to Facebook 6-18-2024 As the date approaches, we're excited to remind you about the Mandell Boisclair Social Justice Summer Camp at Roger Williams University School of Law. This unique opportunity allows middle schoolers from the inner city to dive into the legal system and explore law careers under the guidance of Mark and Zachary Mandell.  Discover more at: https://bit.ly/496saQs  #EqualityInLaw #MBMJustice #SocialJusticeEducation  Mandell Boisclair Justice Camp Photos Posted to Facebook 7-22-2024 Scenes from our recent Mandell-Boisclair Justice Camp which brought together middle schoolers from throughout Rhode Island to learn about law and social justice. Students engaged with many state leaders and were able to visit the Rhode Island State House and the Station Nightclub Memorial, as well as the Licht and Garrahy Judicial Complexes. Special thanks to the Mandell-Boisclair family for their generous donations that made this possible.        

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Roger Williams University DOCS@RWU Life of the Law School (1993- ) Archives & Law School History 5-17-2024 Law School News: RWU Graduates Encouraged To 'Be Fearless' And To Always 'Seek Knowledge' Mel Thibeault Roger Williams University School of LAw Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.rwu.edu/law_archives_life  Part of the Law and Society Commons, Legal Education Commons, and the Legal Profession Commons Recommended Citation Thibeault, Mel, "Law School News: RWU Graduates Encouraged To 'Be Fearless' And To Always 'Seek Knowledge'" (2024). Life of the Law School (1993- ). 838. https://docs.rwu.edu/law_archives_life/838 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives & Law School History at DOCS@RWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Life of the Law School (1993- ) by an authorized administrator of DOCS@RWU. For more information, please contact mwu@rwu.edu. Law School News  RWU Graduates Encouraged to ‘Be Fearless’ and to Always ‘Seek Knowledge’ Shabana Basij-Rasikh, co-founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan, delivers Commencement address to RWU’s 1,249 graduates. May 17, 2024         By Mel Thibeault   BRISTOL, R.I. – “Be curious. Be fearless. Ask hard questions,” Shabana Basij-Rasikh told Roger Williams University graduates in her keynote address at Friday’s Commencement ceremony. “And with knowledge, with compassion, and with confidence, be the actors who create a better world.” In her words of encouragement to the Class of 2024, Basij-Rasikh shared her story of seeking an education under a ruling regime that forbade girls from attending school and how that fueled her to later co-found the School of Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA), the first and only remaining boarding school dedicated to educating Afghan girls in the world. Basij-Rasikh launched the school when she was just 18 years old, in her first year of college.  “SOLA is my mission and my life’s work. And while my mission may not be your mission, I wonder if my motivation might be,” Basij-Rasikh said. “With you, I share my motivation: seek knowledge, even to the ends of the Earth.” Use that knowledge to “lift our world to a better place,” she added. “It begins today, and I’m so honored to be with you.”   Growing up in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime in the 1990s, when girls’ education was forbidden by law, Basij-Rasikh said she had to disguise herself in boy’s clothing to attend underground schools in Kabul, run by some of the bravest women she’s ever known – putting herself and her parents at risk. “But they knew that the greatest risk of all was raising an uneducated daughter,” she said.  When she first created SOLA, Basij-Rasikh said they brought girls from all across Afghanistan from all different ethnic groups and created a safe place to learn and grow. But since the Taliban has returned to power, women are again forbidden to attend college or to get an education past the sixth grade, Basij-Rasikh said, choking up on her words, as well as many other freedoms such as choosing their own profession, or visiting a park.  “Days like today, graduation days – those days are dreams you once had, now cloaked in shadow,” she said of the girls and women in her country. “And yet, in Afghanistan – the women, the girls, they are seeking knowledge. And they will go to the ends of the Earth to find it. I know this because I’ve seen it with my own eyes.”  After the Taliban seized power in 2021, Basij-Rasikh evacuated SOLA’s students and staff and re-established the school in Rwanda. SOLA is currently enrolling new Afghan students and launching a new online academy, SOLAx, which will allow them to reach thousands more girls, she said. Just as she and her students and staff at SOLA have persevered and courageously pursued their dreams of an education, the more than 1,200 graduates of RWU’s Class of 2024 have also followed their paths to converge at this celebratory moment “with the support of each other and the support of your professors and the support of your families.” The graduates today are “the seekers of knowledge” who “have come through challenges and created their own successes,” Basij-Rasikh said. “You are the curious ones. The thoughtful ones. The fearless ones.” RWU’s Commencement ceremony celebrated its 1,249 graduates across undergraduate, graduate, and law programs, conferring 872 bachelor’s degrees, 137 graduate degrees, 161 law degrees, 64 associate degrees, and 15 certificates. Of the Class of 2024 undergraduates, 53 percent graduated with a double major or a minor added to their major, embodying the powerful combinations students make at RWU across academic degrees and credentials, internship, practicum and clinical experiences, and student leadership and involvement opportunities. In his remarks, RWU President Ioannis N. Miaoulis told the graduates that their real-world education has prepared them for successful futures in a world that is constantly changing. “In your Roger Williams education, you dove deep into understanding and addressing social justice issues and environmental challenges. You are already becoming the changemakers the world needs next,” Miaoulis said. “Let this experience of the wide range of knowledge, skills, and interests you have undertaken at Roger Williams be the guiding light for how you should pursue your next steps in life.”  As the graduates leave RWU and embark on their next chapters, Miaoulis reminded them that they learned to soar in their academic programs and beyond-the-classroom activities. “Now, you will continue to soar higher in your personal and professional lives and to lift others up with you,” he said. “Now is your time to go forth with resolve and make your mark on the world.” Commencement 2024                  Undergraduate student speaker Samuel Trieber ’24 reminded the Class of 2024 that whether they are a “business major predicting the next big burst, a marine biologist researching coral reefs, or an architect designing sustainable buildings,” their experiences at RWU will help them soar to success.  “Before you go on your way to other cities, states, and countries to do great things, reflect on these past years, grasp how much we have grown as people, and know that we are ready for whatever comes next,” said Trieber, a Criminal Justice major and double minor in History and Psychology from Boston, who is on track to complete his M.S. in Criminal Justice by December 2024 through RWU's 4+1 program. “We are ready for big hurdles and small hoops – whatever it takes to achieve the goals we have set for ourselves. In addition to giving yourselves a pat on the back, we should not forget those who have helped us to be here today and be ready for what comes tomorrow.”  As the graduate student speaker, Elisabeth D’Amelio M’24, L’24 opened her remarks with a joke – everyone graduating from RWU is leaving with “one indisputable piece of wisdom: Rhode Islanders are terrible drivers” – which she segued into her message to the graduates to embrace and follow their own unique paths.  D’Amelio, a Juris Doctor and M.A. in Cybersecurity dual degree recipient from Lincoln, R.I., said that it’s common for people to compare their success to how quickly others are achieving theirs. But the RWU graduate program mentality rejects the idea of the “fast lane,” instead championing the idea that achieving success should take “as long as it takes,” she said.  “I hope that … every time comparisons to others leave us unsure, we remember our time at Roger Williams University and are comforted, secure in the knowledge that our efforts here have prepared us for our chosen paths,” D’Amelio said. “Today we receive our diplomas in recognition that we never abandoned our dreams, we never switched lanes, and we have accomplished incredible things because of that.”  Tim Yeaton, a 1980 graduate of the Mario J. Gabelli School of Business and a former president and CEO of multinational software and technology management companies, expressed how honored he was to speak to his alma mater’s Class of 2024.  “Here you are today: a graduating class that fulfilled all the promise from four years ago with tenacity, grit, and a sense of community and self that will bode well for you forever – not just for your individual careers – but for you as a family, bonded through adversity,” said Yeaton, who serves as Chair of the RWU Board of Trustees. “You are the generation destined to change our world.”  Yeaton highlighted how the graduating class has faced many challenges, beginning with the COVID pandemic in 2020, but has preserved “with grit, grace, fortitude, and resilience” to accomplish much over the past four years. Among those achievements, he shared that many undergraduates already have jobs or graduate school lined up and that several sports teams had major wins this year, including the RWU Sailing Team, which placed first at the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association Open Team Race National Championship, beating out three Ivy League school teams.  “To say that your graduating class is extraordinary would be a gross understatement,” he said.  Welcoming the new graduates to the RWU Alumni Association, Meghan Grady M’08 reflected on her positive experiences at the university. Grady, Executive Director of Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island, said she had an incredible time in RWU’s Master of Public Administration program, learning alongside elected officials, established public servants, community leaders, and decision-makers, which prepared her for a service-based career. “This program set me up for a successful career where I have the opportunity to serve others and make an impact,” she said.  Grady encouraged the Class of 2024 to stay engaged with RWU and in touch with fellow alumni through the Alumni Association. “When you turn your tassel today, your connection to RWU is just starting. The Alumni Association will keep you connected and provide opportunities for you to stay engaged with the university,” she said. “On behalf of the thousands of Roger Williams University alumni, I’m happy to say we are here to help.”   During the university ceremony, RWU celebrated leaders across diverse fields, from education and women's rights, law and diplomacy to environmental science and social activism. RWU presented honorary degrees to Shabana Basij-Rasikh, founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA); Elizabeth Moore, a conservationist and philanthropist who has supported environmental conservation efforts and science education in New England and the Gulf Coast; Arlene Violet, the former Rhode Island Attorney General and the first woman attorney general in the United States, and a trustee emerita of the Roger Williams University Board of Trustees; Anita Earls, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; and William E. Smith, Judge of the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island and longtime member of the RWU Law Board of Directors.  On behalf of the Faculty Senate, the university also presented awards to faculty members in recognition for outstanding and innovative teaching. The Excellence in Teaching Award was given to Robert Engvall, Professor of Justice Studies in the School of Justice Studies, and John Barylick, Chief Justice Weisberger Visiting Professor of Law in the RWU School of Law. The School of Law Faculty of the Year Award was presented to Professor of Law Monica Teixeira de Sousa.  At the School of Law ceremony, Anita Earls, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, who has led a distinguished career in civil rights legal advocacy and litigating voting rights and other civil rights cases, delivered the law school Commencement address.  Drawing from her professional experiences, Earls emphasized the importance of using the law to fight for justice and encouraged the graduates to continue to make meaningful change and remember that defending justice is a team sport.  “Stand up, speak out, let your light shine, and courageously live up to the oath of office you will take as an attorney to uphold the Constitution. Consciously think about how you can advance the principle of equal justice under the law, pursue that unique contribution you have to make. Our future depends on you,” Earls said. “Never underestimate your power to make a difference. You already have the tools, the talents, the passion, and the commitment to advance the law.”  Law student speaker Stefanie Fischer L’24, of Warwick, R.I., congratulated her fellow law graduates on all of their achievements and encouraged them to celebrate not only who they are today but who they will become, reminding them that they will all carry a piece of their shared experience at RWU Law that has shaped them in some way.  “As we stand here, ready to take our next steps, please promise to honor every past and future version of yourself as much as you honor the person you are today. Let our decisions be informed by both the wisdom we’ve gained and the dreams we’re still chasing,” she said. “I am honored to have known you all. May we always be proud, not just of what we’ve accomplished, but of who we were, who we are, and most importantly, of who we are yet to become.” 

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