Environmental MoOT Court

1 unit

Enrollment limit: 96. [Students must register online via WebSTAC during regular online registration for this intramural competition.] Note this course has special add/drop dates determined by the student board and faculty advisor. Students must attend the informational meeting at the beginning of the semester, along with a brief writing seminar and an oral argument seminar. Students work in teams of two for the preparation of an appellate brief and the presentation of a minimum of two oral arguments concerning an environmental law issue. Semi-finalists are selected based on their written brief score and oral argument scores from the two preliminary rounds. This course is graded on a credit/no credit basis. [Students should keep in mind the limitations regarding credit toward their degree for competition work (as a participant or board member): 1) a maximum of 4 total credits from competitions; 2) only one competition per semester. Students should also keep in mind that these credits count toward the 19 maximum allowed in non-law and non-classroom component classes.] This course does not meet like a regular class; read description for details. Days/times for the informational meeting, brief writing and oral argument seminars, and oral arguments, will be announced by the Environmental Moot Court student run board. 1 unit.