Ahh, it's that time of year again -- the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition is underway. This weekend featured the first two of the competition's six regional tournaments in Las Vegas and San Francisco. Next weekend will see teams compete in Brooklyn and Washington, D.C. The weekend after that the show goes to Boston and Miami.
I don't have any information on briefs or advocates (and won't until the regional rounds conclude, and even then, I won't post until after the whole shebang is over to protect the anonymity of the teams), but I do have the important info: Which teams have advanced to the national finals in Chicago in early April.
Las Vegas Regional:
Loyola Law School Los Angeles (2 teams)
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
University of Miami School of Law
San Fransisco Regional:
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
University of Texas School of Law
You may recall this post in December, where I rather half-assedly handicapped the "strength" of the four regionals based on a few different metrics. Regardless of three methods I employed, Vegas and San Fran came out as the "weakest" of the six regions, with only Chicago-Kent College of Law (Illinois Institute of Technology) and UC Hastings College of the Law as the real "powerhouse" programs in either region. Rather surprisingly though, neither school advanced a team to Chicago...
February 28, 2010
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