March 24, 2010

Cooley Teams Find Success at Moot Court Regional in California

Four students from Cooley Law School found success in Palo Alto, Calif., recently when they earned honors in the regional round of the American Constitution Society's Constance Baker Motley Moot Court Competition.

Cornelius J. Rotteveel and Anna White argued their way to the final four teams in the competition's semi-final round, which was held March 5-7 at Stanford University. Twenty-two teams competed through three rounds down to eight teams in the quarter finals. Rotteveel and White out-argued the team from the University of Michigan in this round to advance to the semi finals.

In the same competition, Cooley students Robert DeVries and James Kreitler were judged to have written the Second Best Respondent Brief.

Cooley Professor Evelyn Calogero coached the team of Rotteveel and White, while Cooley Professor Curt Benson coached the team of DeVries and Kreitler.

CJ Rotteveel and Anna White made it to the semi-finals in the American Constitution Society's Constance Baker Motley Moot Court Competition.

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James Kreitler (left) and Robert DeVries, students at Cooley Law School, were judged to have the Second Best Respondent Brief in the regional round of the American Constitution Society's Constance Baker Motley Moot Court Competition.

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