Law students get practice debating in 'Moot trials'
PATRONIZE KANSAN ADVERTISERS
Trial was held last night at Green Hall.
"Moot trials," where two-man teams debate opposing issues, are being held from March 13 through March 29 to provide law students with actual courtroom practice.
"The teams argue a question which we say is 'moot,' meaning that it is a debatable question," Robert Sullivan, Lawrence law student and a judge at last night's trial, said. "It is not something that's clear-cut either way."
"THIS IS AN APPEAL court, with no jury, and there are three judges," Sullivan said. "One is a professor, one is a member of the moot court council, and one is a third year law student."
The verdict is determined by the amount of law on either side—who gives the best argument, uses the best policy and logic in coming to a conclusion, said Sullivan.
"Each student has to write a brief," Sullivan said. "That is, a statement of their assumptions and conclusions of law. They cite cases and the judges question them on their cases, and their logic, the same as before the Supreme Court."
THE MOOT COURTS last approximately an hour and 15 minutes, with each member of the two teams taking 15 minutes to talk, and the judges debating the verdict for about 15 minutes, said Sullivan.
Last night's case concerned the legal aspects of conversion, in the area of torts.
"This' type of practice is something the student is going to need when he gets out into the area of practicing law after graduation." Sullivan said. "It's very practical since this is almost exactly the same thing they will meet when they have to appeal a case."
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Daily Kansan Thursday, March 23, 1967
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