CSULB Moot Court Team win National Championship!

Congratulations to the 2020-2021 Moot Court teams who had a great competitions season, despite the fact that it was all done virtually. 

Moot Court director, Dr. Lewis Ringel recaps below:

The 2020-21 season is complete.  This is the annual update for a most unusual and exceptional season.

It was a remarkable season.  Especially the regional season.  It resulted in a national championship!!!  It was a season that would be extraordinary even in the most normal of times – that it occurred during a pandemic is more astounding. 

• Aleece Hanson (Presidents Scholar) and Barry Klein won the national championship for Written Respondent Brief.  This is the 3^rd such national title in CSULB history.  The 2^nd of my tenure at CSULB.  Good for 3^rd best all-time.  Only two schools have won more national titles than CSULB all-time. 
• Vaishalee Chaudhary and Marco Romero finished 5^th in the nation in oral advocacy.  That’s out of 500 teams.  They finished the season 40-2 having won an unheard of 5 straight competitions.  They were the heavy favorites – the one seed even — but it’s better to be lucky than good and their luck ran out in the quarter-finals.
• Kelton Munch was named the 15^th best orator out of the 1,000 students who competed this season.
• All four CSULB teams at nationals advanced to elimination rounds. 

• For the season, we entered 11 contests (2 written advocacy and 9 oral advocacy) and won 8.  A program of 10 students (9 CSULB and 1 Wooster), 5 of ACMA’s 500 teams (.01%), won 8 competitions.  This included 3 regionals.  Only one other school has ever won more than 3 regionals in a season.

Congratulations again to all the CSULB mooters and their coaches! For more information on Moot Court, visit their website.