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Roger Williams UniversityDOCS@RWUFeatured News Story The Week at Roger11-27-2012Roger Williams University Law Students WinRegional Moot Court CompetitionBrian E. ClarkRoger Williams UniversityFollow this and additional works at: https://docs.rwu.edu/weekatroger_featured_newsPart of the Higher Education CommonsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Week at Roger at DOCS@RWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in FeaturedNews Story by an authorized administrator of DOCS@RWU. For more information, please contact mwu@rwu.edu.Recommended CitationClark, Brian E., "Roger Williams University Law Students Win Regional Moot Court Competition" (2012). Featured News Story. 66.https://docs.rwu.edu/weekatroger_featured_news/66Home News News Archive Roger Williams University Law Students Win Regional Moot Court CompetitionRoger Williams University Law StudentsWin Regional Moot Court CompetitionRWU Law students Juliana McKittrick, Nick Nybo and Will Wrayto compete for National TitleRoger Williams University School of Law students Will Wray andNick NyboNovember 27, 2012 Brian E. ClarkRoger Williams University School of Law is proud to announce that its National Moot Court Team won the New EnglandRegional competition, beating out Northeastern University, Boston University, Su olk University and SyracuseUniversity. The RWU Law National Moot Court Team won “Best Brief,” while Nick Nybo ’13 won “Best Oralist” for his FourthAmendment argument on the question of whether a warrant was needed to search a cell phone when it was seizedincident to an arrest. The team consisted of Juliana McKittrick, Nick Nybo and Will Wray, all third-year students.  Theywere ably coached by RWU Law Professors Diana Hassel and Larry Ritchie. National  nal rounds will be held January 28-31, 2013, in New York City.“I am delighted by our team’s outstanding performance,” said David Logan, Dean and Professor of Law, Roger WilliamsUniversity School of Law. “Their victory demonstrates a collective talent for brie ng, arguing and thinking on their feet –precisely the kind of practical know-how and theoretical savvy we aim to cultivate in all our students.”The National Moot Court Competition, sponsored for over 60 years by the Association of the Bar of the City of NewYork and the American College of Trial Lawyers, is a nationally recognized competition that allows law students to honetheir appellate advocacy skills by arguing before prominent members in the law profession. The competition consists oftwo rounds of arguments, the regionals and the  nals. The U.S. is divided into fourteen regions; within each region asponsor designated by the Competition Committee conducts regional rounds for the law schools located within thatregion. Teams that qualify in the regional rounds are eligible to enter the  nal rounds. More than 180 accredited lawschools participate in the national program involving approximately 1,000 law students. Share This: REQUEST INFO  VISIT CAMPUS  APPLY  MAKE A GIFTMap & DirectionsContact UsDirectoryNewsEventsAthleticsrwu.eduUndergraduate SiteGraduate SiteSchool of LawSchool of Continuing Studies    One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 028091-800-458-7144© 2018 Roger Williams University. All rights reserved.  GMAIL AT RWU BRIDGES MY RWU IT HELP SITE POLICIES WORK AT RWU

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