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From Left to Rigth: Professor Paul Weizer, Alexander Allrich, Amy Medeiros,
Attorney General John Ashcroft, Miranda Profit, Shane Martin,
and Sean O'Hare
2006-2007 |
From Left to Right: Professor Paul Weizer, Sally Foster, Patrick Gerry, Instructor Shane Martin,
Instructor Alyne Butland, Sharon Lewis, Christine Brigham, Jonathan Ide, Lorena Mendelsohn,
and James Abreau
2007-2008 |
From Left to Right: Bridgette Mercier, Nicholas Carbone, David Nash, Amanda Ganoe, David DuFault, William Tappin, Kimberly Marceau, Lan Lieu, Instructor Shane Martin, Daryl Charalambous, Instructor Alyne Butland, Sharon Lewis, Nicole Gauvin, Professor Paul Weizer, Sally Foster, and Danielle Rivers.
2008-09
American Collegiate Moot Court Association National Tournatment
Chapman University School of Law
Orange, California
From Left to Right: David Nash, Kimberly Marceau, Instructors Shane Martin and
Alyne Butland, Amanda Ganoe, Sharon Lewis, Nicole Gauvin, Sally Foster, and Porfessor Paul Weizer.
Moot Court – a simulation of an appellate court proceeding–is also known as a Supreme Court Simulation. Moot Court involves teams of students representing clients burdened by a legal problem.Oral arguments detailing the dimensions of the legal problem before an appellate court are judged by actual attorneys and judges.
Moot court is used as an educational tool around the world. Moot court tournaments are currently organized in the United States, in Great Britain, in Canada, in Australia, in New Zealand, and in a number of other countries. Moot court has apparently been featured in legal training for hundreds of years, with origins in medieval England.
In the United States, moot court is almost universally required in law school programs. Over the past decade, a number of undergraduate moot court activities have been developed in American colleges and universities. To improve and expand these undergraduate moot court activities, the American Collegiate Moot Court Association was established in 2000. Fitchburg State College teams have competed with distinction at both regional and national tournaments.
Fitchburg State College will host the Eastern Retional Tourament on November 20-21, 2009.
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