Woodward and Robertson Advance to the Quarterfinals in the GW Religious Freedom Moot Court

Donna Woodward and Allan Robertson represented our student chapter of JRCLS and GMUSL at the 2nd Annual George Washington National Religious Freedom Moot Court Competition over the weekend. They faced stiff competition from some very talented competitors and difficult questions from giants in the field acting as judges. A number of the judges were extremely experienced appellate advocates and counsel on recent First Amendment cases vital to the arguments. Donna and Allan forged ahead intimidated neither by hostile panels nor the competition but were eliminated in the quarterfinal round. Eighteen teams from GMU, GW, BYU, Duke, Cornell, Boston College, Vanderbilt, Rutgers, Florida State, University of Richmond, Valparaiso, University of Baltimore, and Liberty participated in the event. A team from Duke won; a team from BYU took runner-up; a team from Florida State won best brief.

Other JRCLS members competing in moot court competitions this year include: Alex Morris, will compete in the Mid-Atlantic Round of the 49th Annual Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition at GWU Feb. 28-Mar. 2; Kasey Kimball, will compete in The 20th Annual Domenick L. Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition Mar. 6-9 in Albany, NY.