"Making the Argument, Creating the Legacy"

The Florida Coastal School of Law Moot Court Honor Board is a student-run moot court organization dedicated to the development of appellate oral advocacy and brief writing skills. Through national and local competitions, our members compete in a wide range of legal issues involving criminal procedure, constitutional law, sports law, international law, and evidence. Since 2003 alone, Florida Coastal’s Moot Court Honor Board has championed 5 competitions, along with 5 best brief awards in the state of Florida and nationwide. In 2006, Florida Coastal placed top 24 in the world at the Jessup International Moot Court Competition held in Washington, D.C. These accomplishments represent the hard work and dedication of our members, as well as the support from our faculty advisor, Professor Sander Moody.

On our site, you will find information about our external and internal competitions, members, and awards. We welcome your questions, comments, and suggestions. You can send them to any Executive Committee member or contact the faculty advisor.

“Florida Coastal School of Law Wins Jessup Southeast Regional Competition for Third Straight Year”

For the third year in a row, Florida Coastal’s Moot Court Honor Board clinched the regional title at the Jessup International Competition held in Miami, Florida. Florida Coastal now faces several leading teams from across the world during the International Competition held in Washington, D.C in March 2008. During the Regional Competition, oralists Valarie Linnen and Rick Lasseter overshadowed dozens of competitors and Valarie Linnen received Best Advocate Award during the final round. Brief writers Rick Marshall, Marika Sevin and Coral Williams won Best Brief during the competition. Prof. Chris Roederer coached the team. In the preliminary rounds at the Southeast Regional, Coastal defeated teams from Vanderbilt, Georgia State and St. Thomas. In the out-rounds our team then went on to defeat teams from Florida International University and the University of Georgia before defeating the University of Alabama in the finals. There were a total of 22 teams in the Southeast Regional. Congratulations and good luck to all the members in the International Competition.

11/11/2007 – “Florida Coastal wins Chicago Moot Court Competition for the second time”

Congratulations to our Chicago teams for their exceptional success in the National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition, hosted by the Chicago Bar Association. Our championship team of Amy Delauter, Jason Sexton and Drew Sutter faced John Marshall Law School, Loyola and the University of the Pacific in the prelim rounds. They then faced Chicago Kent in the octo-finals, Pepperdine in the quarter-finals and Texas Tech in the semi-finals. Because of the scoring system used in the out-rounds in Chicago, we faced Pepperdine again in the finals.
Chicago marks the first time that this program has put two teams into the out-rounds of a national competition. Lisa De Long, Tim Moss and Stephanie Tew not only reached the quarter-finals but also won the Best Brief, Second award. Tim served as the brief writer and Scott McCaskill served as the team manager and did a brilliant job.

Florida Coastal School of Law wins Orseck Moot Court Competition for third straight year!

Congratulations to the members of the Orseck Competition for winning Florida’s largest and oldest moot court event! On June 28, 2007, FCSL ousted Stetson University in the final round – arguing before justices of the Florida Supreme Court in Orlando. Team members received the highest honors during the competition. Valerie Lennon and Rick Lasseter were named Best Advocates of the competition. Rick Marshall received the Best Brief Award and Kara Samuels managed the competition.

"The Moot Court Honor Board extends its congratulations to the winners of this year's Internal Competition"

The winner of the Best Brief Award this year is Marika Sevin. The winner of the Best Advocate Award is Rina Kundalkar. Jamica Littles was also a finalist in the oral arguments. Rina and Jamica advanced through six rounds of oral arguments to reach the finals.
 

The oral argument side of the Internal Competition culminated yesterday in the Eleventh Circuit courtroom in the federal courthouse in downtown Jacksonville in a final round argued in front of a bench that included Judge Hill of the federal Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Foster of Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit.
 

The Honor Board also congratulates Lisa De Long and Matthew Greer for reaching the semi-finals of the Internal Competition and Jason Sexton, Marjorie Vincent, Nicola Popovich and Amy Delauter for reaching the quarter-finals.
 

The competitors in the Internal Competition are graded separately based on (1) the submission of a writing sample and (2) their performance in oral argument. The preliminary oral argument rounds of the Internal Competition take place during the spring of students' first-year (or over the summer for spring admits). The Honor Board will again hold the Internal Competition for first-years this spring. The Internal Competition is the method that Moot Court uses to determine invitations to join the Honor Board. Invitations are based on the scores of the writing sample or the preliminary oral argument rounds; these two areas are graded separately.
 

The Honor Board also thanks Rick Marshall for serving as the Chair of the Internal Competition in the spring and Stephanie Tew and Amber Sherwood for serving as the co-Chairs of the summer competition for spring admits.

Professor Sander Moody
Faculty Advisor, Moot Court Honor Board
(904) 680-7700
Email – amoody@fcsl.edu