{"id":158933,"date":"2020-03-10T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T20:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&p=158933"},"modified":"2020-03-10T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T20:57:00","slug":"moot-court-competition-brings-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2020\/03\/moot-court-competition-brings-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Moot Court Competition Brings Out the Best"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arguing a case before three distinguished jurists was the \u201cthe scariest thing I\u2019ve ever done in my academic career,\u201d said Abby Booth \u201922, after she and Sarah Wylie \u201922 won the 2020 Alva P. Loiselle Moot Court Competition at the UConn School of Law.<\/p>\n

The final session of the annual competition, which gives first-year law students a chance to practice courtroom skills, was held in the William R. Davis \u201955 Courtroom on the UConn Law campus on March 5, 2020. \u00a0The judges, all UConn Law alumni, were Christopher Droney \u201979, a former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Andrew McDonald \u201991, a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court; and Ingrid Moll \u201999, a Connecticut Appellate Court judge.<\/p>\n

Despite the fear factor, \u201cit was an honor to argue in front of three esteemed Connecticut judges,\u201d Booth said. \u201cAnd it was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be able to discuss that kind of topic with a former federal judge.\u201d<\/p>\n

That kind of topic was the constitutionality of laws restricting female nudity. The two teams of argued the real-life case\u00a0Pierro v. New Hampshire<\/em>, in which two women arrested for going shirtless in public sued, claiming the law they were accused of breaking violates the 14th Amendment\u2019s guarantee of equal protection under the law.<\/p>\n

The judges asked tough, often hypothetical questions throughout the arguments. All three commended the finalists for their extraordinary preparation, and Moll mentioned her pride at seeing four women in the final competition.<\/p>\n

In addition to Booth and Wylie, the finalists were Abigail Bicknell \u201922 and Gulrukh\u00a0Haroon \u201922.<\/p>\n

Paul Chill, associate dean for experiential education, said the opportunity to go before seasoned judges to argue real cases is invaluable to students.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe level of poise and preparation exhibited by all the finalists was extraordinary,\u201d Chill said. \u201cMoot court and other types of advocacy competitions help our students develop critical lawyering skills and are a valuable adjunct to our curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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