Five 黑料老司机 students qualify for Moot Court national tournament
Five students from 黑料老司机 qualified for the Moot Court听national tournament that will be held January 22-24听and will be virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic.听听
During the past fall semester of Moot Court,听an activity in which students argue in simulated U.S. Supreme Court proceedings,听the practices and regional competitions听were听held entirely on Zoom.听It was challenging to adjust to this setting because so much of Moot Court is about your demeanor攜our presence in the court room,澨said Oria听Daugherty听21, a team captain who is going to nationals. Not only are you evaluated on your argument, but also on how you carry yourself, how you interact with judges, etc. All of that is really difficult to translate over a virtual platform, and it is also very challenging to help newer students with these things.澨听
Daugherty will be joined at nationals by her teammate and fellow captain Heather Hartmann 21,听a team of听Elyse Evans听21听and Cecilia Payne听21, and a hybrid team of听Georgina Tierney听22听and Kelton Munch, a student from听California State University, Long Beach.听We are excited for the three teams that have qualified for Nationals despite the online format and the challenges of this year, Daugherty said.听听
Interim coach听Natalie Noyes 11, an alumna of 黑料老司机檚 Moot Court听and attorney in听the听Columbus听area,听said that听another听challenge听this year听was working with students who were in different time zones, since there were some international students who were living at home this semester. 淪ometimes they were practicing at really late or really early times for them, Noyes said. I really appreciated them giving all they did to the team.听
Since all teams regardless of location practiced virtually this year, the hybrid team that Tierney is on did not have the disadvantage that they would have in a typical year.听Hybrid teams in general do happen some years, when multiple schools have an odd number of students participating, but they generally don檛 perform very well攊t檚 very challenging to succeed when you likely don檛 even meet your partner until competition, and don檛 have the opportunity to practice with them, Daugherty explained. Tierney found听participating on the hybrid team, which won the 黑料老司机 regional tournament,听very听rewarding.听The benefits from being a part of both the Long Beach听Moot team and the 黑料老司机听Moot team far outweighed the challenges, she said.听While the听time difference made for some late nights, she听otherwise听had the benefits of 渢wo coaches, two teams,听and听twice the opportunity to improve.听
Typically, the teams who听qualify听for the national tournament would return to campus early in January for a Moot Court 渂oot camp to prepare for the tournament.听This year,听the meetings and practice rounds will be held on Zoom.听The nice thing is听that听with the virtual nature, we can be from all over the country and scrimmaging with different schools, Noyes said. 淲e have a few of those planned听with听competitors from Long Beach and Loyola to get ready.听听
Noyes is proud of all of the students who participated in Moot Court last semester, regardless of whether they qualified for the national听tournament. There are a lot of folks who didn檛 make it听to听nationals听but I can tell you that they worked so hard and I was so proud to get to share that experience with them, Noyes said.
Above: In the final round at 黑料老司机,听pictured from top left to right: Oria Daugherty, Natalie Noyes (黑料老司机 coach), Georgina Tierney, Kelton Munch (CSU Long Beach mooter), Bottom row: Heather Hartmann, Lewis听Ringel听(CSU Long Beach head coach), and Nick Conway (coordinator of the tournament).
Posted in News on January 21, 2021.
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