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The Honor Court consists of six elected judges, two for the first year class and two per upper class. [31] ASL also fields moot court teams that compete in national competitions. Students can audition for the team through an annual intra-school tournament that is composed of the Appellate Advocacy class in fall of the second year. [32]
The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers is a non-profit organization consisting of the Fellows who have been elected to the academy. It was founded in 1990 and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) in 1991. [1] Its mission is to "advance the highest standards and practices of appellate advocacy and to recognize outstanding appellate lawyers."
This is a list of the judges of the United States courts of appeals. The United States Courts of Appeals or circuit courts are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal court system. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases.
At North Carolina Central University School of Law, Duncan served as an associate professor from 1986 to 1990, teaching property law, appellate advocacy, and employment discrimination. In 1990, she served briefly on the North Carolina Court of Appeals as an Associate Judge.
Through the Advocacy Program, students may compete in Moot Court (appellate advocacy), Mock Trial (trial advocacy) and Alternative Dispute Resolution (negotiation, mediation and arbitration). [15] The Texas A&M Law Fellowship is a student-run organization whose stated mission is to raise awareness of legal work in the public interest sector.
It evaluates the participants' skills in argument, evidence handling, and examination of witnesses but omits jury selection and strategic matters. Mock trial differs from moot court in that moot court practices appellate argument and so involves no handling of witnesses or evidence, but instead is an exercise in legal research and oral advocacy ...
Membership in The Order of Barristers is limited to graduating law students and practicing lawyers who demonstrate exceptional skill in trial advocacy, oral advocacy, and brief writing. [1] The Order of Barristers seeks to improve these programs through interscholastic sharing of ideas, information, and resources. The Order is highly selective ...
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is an advocacy organization whose goal is advocating, training, and funding legal cases on the issues of "religious freedom, sanctity of life, and marriage and family." [1] In 2012 the organization shifted its mission of funding allied attorneys to direct representation of clients though litigation. [2]