Greetings from the NNALSA Moot Court Coach Professor EagleWoman and Assistant Coach Lani Petrulo,
It is time to submit your letter of interest to participate in the NNALSA Moot Court Competition. A team of two students competes together. The problem will be released on November 5 by the University of Colorado School of Law. The dates of the Competition are Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26 and 27. If there is in-person travel, then the plan would be to travel on Friday and stay through Sunday evening for the awards dinner.
The problem is typically a fictitious appellate case pending in the U.S. Supreme Court with a very limited “record” (3-10 pages). As soon as we register your team, you will receive an email on the side you have to write the brief on. You and your partner work together to research, write and submit an appellate brief, which is typically due in the first week of January. You have to do this without outside assistance and cannot discuss with anyone other than your teammate. We will set up a practice schedule for oral arguments in January and February. Every team must argue both sides of the problem in the competition. We will meet 2-3 times a week in January/February to practice. Participating students receive 2 credits that can be split with 1 credit for JTerm and 1 credit for Spring or both in Spring semester.
Here are the requirements to participate:
(1) You must be a member of the MHSL NALSA Chapter.
(2) You must have taken (or be currently taking) 4313 Federal Indian Law .
(3) You cannot take another course during J-term, because this is an important time for brief writing.
(4) You must have the time to commit to practices in the spring semester. Please provide your availability to practice in January and February both during daytime hours and evening hours with your letter of interest.
(5) You cannot participate in another moot court competition during the spring semester.
Please submit the letter of interest by 5 p.m. on Friday, October 22, 2021 to me (Professor EagleWoman). If you are interested in a particular teammate, please include in the letter and there are no guarantees as to who you will be assigned to for teams. We typically bring 4-6 teams to the competition. Here is more information on the NALS Institute website: https://mitchellhamline.edu/native-american-law-and-sovereignty/students/national-nalsa-moot-court-competition/
We will meet the week of October 25 with the chosen teams before the problem is released to go over the basics. Once the problem is released you may not seek out any assistance on the issues for the problem or any assistance with writing the brief.
Letter of interest to be sent to Professor EagleWoman: angelique.eaglewoman@mitchellhamline.edu