Live blogging from the National Moot Court Competition

The national finals of the National Moot Court Competition kicked off yesterday in the Big Apple. After two preliminary rounds, the field of 28 is now down to the Sweet 16. The octofinals and semifinals are today, with the semis and national championship game on Thursday.

Two things of note: First, Chicago-Kent's bid for what would be a mind-boggling third-straight title is still alive. Second, the tournament's Best Brief winner, Seattle University School of Law, is already out. But the second-best brief score (which was just a quarter of a point behind Seattle's) IS still alive, in the form of #1 seed Mississippi College.

Without further ado, the top 16 teams, in order of their seeds:

1. Mississippi College School of Law
2. Saint Louis University School of Law
3. Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
4. University of Washington School of Law
5. Hamline University Law School
6. University of Arkansas School of Law
7. George Mason University School of Law
8. University of San Francisco School of Law
9. University of Georgia School of Law
10. Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
11. Case Western Reserve University School of Law
12. Texas Tech University School of Law
13. University of Colorado Law School
14. Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
15. South Texas College of Law
16. Wake Forest University School of Law