For Immediate Release
October 18, 2004
Contact:
Tera Zelinger
(909)625-2225
Law Students Win Four Awards at Prestigious
NAPABA Moot Court Competition
ONTARIO, Calif. (Oct. 18, 2004) – The University
of La Verne College of Law won four awards at the National Asian
Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) National Moot Court
Competition. The event was held at the University of California,
Hastings College of Law in San Francisco on Oct. 8-9.
“The success of the team demonstrates once again the overall
quality of our advocacy program,” said Donald J. Dunn, dean
of the College of Law. “This group of students, like so many
of our students in the past, demonstrated they can compete at
the highest levels against the best schools and outperform the
competition.”
Team members Raymond Prospero, Veera Tyagi, and student coach
Lucy Mazloumian competed against 16 teams and advanced to the
semi-final rounds, winning awards for: Best Brief; First
Place Overall Team - Preliminary Rounds; Second Place Oralist
- Veera Tyagi; and Third Place Overall Team/Semi-finalist Team.
“The Best Brief award is probably the most
sought-after award in these moot court competitions, because it
really reflects the high level of ability to understand the complex
legal issues and prepare a detailed legal brief on those issues,”
said Dean McVay, adjunct professor and coach for the ULV moot
court teams. “Having beat numerous top-ranking ABA schools
for the Best Brief award makes it especially sweet.” This
is the second year the College of Law has competed at the NAPABA
competition.
Schools that competed at the NAPABA event were Chapman University
School of Law; McGeorge School of Law; Thomas Jefferson School
of Law; University of California, Davis School of Law; University
of California, Hastings College of Law; University of La Verne
College of Law; University of San Diego School of Law and
University of San Francisco School of Law, among others.
ULV competes in approximately five national moot court competitions
annually. Each competition requires a substantive appellate brief,
which is judged by a panel of appellate attorneys or judges. An
oral argument competition is held, and each team is given 30 minutes
to make a case on a fictitious appellate problem before an appellate
panel of justices.
About the NAPABA Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition
The Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition was spawned in
1993 by the APA Law Student Association of the South Texas College
of Law, Houston, Texas. It is now administered by the NAPABA Law
Foundation and the NAPABA Judicial Council. The competition honors
the late Judge Thomas Tang, a champion of individual rights, an
advocate for the advancement of minority attorneys, an ardent
supporter of NAPABA and the moot court competition. Judge Tang
served on the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from
1977 until his passing in 1995. Judge Tang’s wife, Dr. Pearl
Tang, continues the legacy and participates every year.
About the University of La Verne College of Law
Established in 1970, The University of La Verne College of Law
is California Bar accredited. The College of Law offers a modern,
technologically-advanced facility; small classes that feature
a traditional curriculum and practical skills taught by respected,
practice-proven faculty focused on individual students' needs;
and a prominent and supportive alumni network, all grounded in
a commitment to ethics and service. For more information on the
University of La Verne College of Law, please call (909) 460-2001
or visit them on the web at http://law.ulv.edu.
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The University of La Verne College of Law was provisionally approved by the American Bar Association on February 13, 2006.
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