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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Friday, Nov. 22, 1985
Law students hone skills in moot court
By Jill White Of the Kansan staff
By Jill White
Two teams of KU law students will compete at 1:30 p.m. today in preliminary rounds of the regional moot court competition sponsored by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association.
One team member, David Adkins,
Topeka law student, said the most
important part of the competition
was convincing the panel of judges to
view the student council as actual
attorneys.
"You present a balanced argument that includes emotion as well as the substance of the case," Adkins said recently. "It's very much like a regular appellate argument in that it's a dialogue. You have to be very conversational."
The members of the council all are
third-year law students. Adkins, Sarah Duckers, Salina, and Emily Geilker, Shawnee, form one team. The other team consists of Richard Morefield, Overland Park, Judith Batson-Sadler, Gulport, Miss, and Scott Bloch, Lawrence.
Quarterfinals and semifinals are scheduled for tomorrow, and finals will be Sunday. The competition is being held at the Federal District Courthouse, Kansas City, Mo.
The top two teams will advance to the national competition in February, which is held in New York City.
In 1984, a team of KU law students placed first in the nationals. A U.S. Supreme Court associate justice usually presides at the nationalists; the other eight judges usually are federal and New York state judges.
Bill Westerbeke, professor of law
and faculty adviser to the team, said the rules of the competition prohibited faculty assistance.
"The whole purpose is for students to demonstrate skills they learned in law school," Westerbeke said. "Then if they win, it really says something good about those students."
Eight law schools from Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri each may send two teams to the regional competitions.
The New York Bar Association submits a legal issue to the schools and teams write briefs for early scoring. The brief counts for 40 percent of the team's score. The oral argument counts for 60 percent of the score. This year's case involves a First Amendment issue about cable television.
The judges analyze student oralists on their style. Points may be gained
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Adkins said his team worked together on research for the brief and Geilker wrote it. Adkins and Duckers will present the oral argument. Bloch wrote the brief for Morefield and Batson-Sadler.
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