Cinderella
In the post below, I exulted in JSL's victory over the University of Florida yesterday in the St. Louis Regional Tournament for the ABA's National Moot Court Competition.
The tournament is one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious moot court competitions. More than 178 teams from ABA-approved law schools are competing this month in regional competitions in St. Louis, New York, Washington, DC, and Las Vegas. The national tournament is next month in Chicago.
Today, our students feasted on Wildcat as they defeated the University of Arizona. This afternoon, we took it to the SEC again with victory over the University of Georgia. Later today, we take on Baylor in the final match.
This is the first year we are ABA accredited and the first year to compete in this prestigious event.
Update: JSL beat Baylor to claim a spot among the final 16 teams, out of over 170, in the national finals in Chicago in March.
The tournament is one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious moot court competitions. More than 178 teams from ABA-approved law schools are competing this month in regional competitions in St. Louis, New York, Washington, DC, and Las Vegas. The national tournament is next month in Chicago.
Today, our students feasted on Wildcat as they defeated the University of Arizona. This afternoon, we took it to the SEC again with victory over the University of Georgia. Later today, we take on Baylor in the final match.
This is the first year we are ABA accredited and the first year to compete in this prestigious event.
Update: JSL beat Baylor to claim a spot among the final 16 teams, out of over 170, in the national finals in Chicago in March.
posted by JRB at 4:17 PM
3 Comments:
This is some absolute amazing success. I am loving it for you guys.
This is an email from one of my students on the victorious squad:
"The experience was incredible, nerve-wracking, fulfilling, etc., etc., etc., all at the same time. We just got better and better as Saturday went on. We were like the 65 seed in the NCAA, and the other teams gave us plenty of motivation. Before the Florida round, one of their team members came over and asked, "Now where are y'all from?" Montgomery. She goes back to the table and gets on her cell phone, whispers to whoever's on the other end, "They're from Montgomery." They won't soon forget. After the round with Arizona, their bailiff and I are riding down the elevator to get the scores and he asks, "You got a job lined up?" No, I'm thinking about going into Elder Law (real cool, right). "Oh, I've got a job lined up with XYZ firm in Phoenix." Scores come in . . . swept 'em across the board."
All hail the scrappy underdogs.
I want a JSL t-shirt.
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