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Monday, June 22, 2009
Law - "Concord Online Law School Places Second in National Moot Court Competition"
The team included Marjorie Daily from Indiana, and lost out to Standford University, according to this story in Welt Online, a German publication:
The moot court team of Concord Law School of Kaplan University won second place in the Fourth Annual Constance Baker Motley National Moot Court Competition in Constitutional Law on Saturday, June 20. The Concord team—Marjorie Daily and Thomas Fleming—fell to a team from Stanford University to become the first fully online law school to ever win the runner up position in this competition held during the American Constitution Society’s 2009 Annual Convention in Washington."The faculty, administration and students at Concord Law School are extremely proud of the moot court team and their performance in this competition,” said Barry Currier, J.D., President and Dean of Concord Law School. "Concord has been providing working professionals with the flexibility and convenience of a high-quality online legal education for more than 10 years. Their performance here demonstrates the breadth and depth of the legal education we provide and speaks to the quality of our student body.”
Daily of Indiana and Fleming of Colorado presented their arguments around questions of whether U.S. citizens can invoke the jurisdiction of federal courts to challenge warrantless wire tapping conducted by the federal government. Sixty-five teams competed in the event. The final round included only two teams—one from Concord and the other from Stanford. As the second-place team, Daily and Fleming took home a $2,000 cash prize.
Concord Law School of Kaplan University boasts an enrollment of 1,500 students across the country and around the world. Nearly 900 have completed the JD and EJD programs.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 22, 2009 09:33 AM
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