National Competition
"We the Students" National High School Moot Court Competition
Each spring, the Moot Court Honor Society at American University Washington College of Law, working with the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, hosts the National High School Moot Court Competition. High school students from across the United States participate in two days of appellate advocacy.
This academic year, the competition took place at the Washington College of Law on March 21 and 22, 2009. Details of the moot court problem and how to enter a team or individuals is usually available,on the Moot Court Honor Society web site in December or January and can be found at http://www.wcl.american.edu/org/mootcourt/highschool.cfm.
Among the competitors in the annual national competition are some winners of the spring William H. Karchmer Moot Court Competition for the students in Washington, D.C.-area Marshall-Brennan classes. This spring, three of the four local Marshall-Brennan wiiners and one alternate competed in the national event against students from other parts of the country. One Marshall-Brennan student, Cheyenne Coote, an 8th grader at Paul Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., made it to the final four.
National Marshall-Brennan High School Moot Court Competition
On March 21 and 22, 2009, with a grant from the Brook J. Lenfest Foundation, the partner Marshall-Brennan Project at Drexel University Law School ran the first National Marshall-Brennan High School Moot Court Competition in Philadelphia for students in Marshall-Brennan classes from throughout the country. Winners and semifinalists from the fall William H. Karchmer Moot Court Competition for the students in Washington, D.C.-area Marshall-Brennan classes traveled to Philadelphia to participate, and six D.C.-area students made it to the semifinals. One D.C. competitor, Gabriel Allen of Wilson High School, made it to the final four in Phialdelphia.