December 11, 2008

SMU prevails at Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition

Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law won the international finals of the 2008 Thomas Tang International Moot Court Competition held November 21-22 in Seattle, defeating Loyola University Chicago School of Law. UC Hastings College of the Law and Fordham University School of Law were semifinalists.

The competition's Best Brief award went to Seattle University School of Law, while Best Oralist Honors went to
Nicholas Hudson of the University of Washington School of Law. Click here for a complete list of the results, including competitor names. UC Hastings's website write-up is here.

The Tang Competition, which began in 1993, is run by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Law Foundation. This year's competition started with 60 teams spread across five regional competitions. Next year's international finals (and NAPABA convention) will be held in Boston.

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