| COMPETITION AWARD HIGHLIGHTS |
Competition Award Highlights
2016 ANDREWS KURTH MOOT COURT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Each January, the top 16 Moot Court programs in the United States are invited to participate in the annual Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship at the University of Houston. Regent was selected to participate after being ranked 8th in the nation by the University of Houston Law Center at the conclusion of the 2015 competition season. During the competition January 28-29, students Renee Knudsen, Palmer Horst, and Marie Dienhart defended their way to second-place in the nation, just behind Georgetown as they competed with teams from schools such as Southern Methodist University, New York University and Texas Tech University. The Regent team also took home the award for best brief.2015 GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY NATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM MOOT COURT COMPETITION:
Regent University School of Law teams are continuing their victorious arguing streaks at various competitions in the United States. Earlier in February, two Regent Law Moot Court teams competed at the George Washington School of Law Religious Freedom Moot Court competition. Out of the 28 teams competing, both of Regent’s School of Law teams continued to the semi-final rounds. Paul Shakeshaft ’15 was awarded the title of Best Oralist throughout the competition.2015 PRICE MEDIA INTERNATIONAL MOOT COURT PROGRAMME:
On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2015, third-year Regent Law student Jessica Krentz ’15, along with her teammates Lindsey Brower ’15 and Carly Havens ’15 took home first prize in the regional round of the Price International Moot Court Competition Americas Regional in New York City.2014 BILLINGS, EXUM & FRYE NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION:
On March 28-29, 2014, Regent students competed in the fourth annual Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition at Elon University. The team, consisting of Regent law students Tiffany Bennett, Chelsea Schlittenhart and Jaclyn Walliser, advanced in the rounds from 25 participating teams and into the semifinal round. During the competition, Bennett, Schlittenhart and Walliser also won the Best Brief Award for Petitions’ Brief. The team lost by one point during the semifinal rounds to the winning team from Southwestern Law School.2014 GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM MOOT COURT COMPETITION:
While exhibiting excellence in the classroom throughout their three years of law school is important to the legal profession, another vital component of training to become a lawyer is writing, researching and defending an argument. Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, Regent Law assistant professor Tessa Dysart led her team of 3L students, Drew Cziok, Chelsea Schlittenhart and Andrew Stevener through the 2014 National Religious Freedom Moot Court Competition. The team finished in second place overall in the competition hosted by George Washington University, in Washington, D.C.
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