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October 17, 2024October 17, 2024

Call for Volunteers: Thomas Tang Moot Court Nationals in Seattle, WA, November 8-9

The national Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition, an appellate advocacy competition sponsored by the NAPABA Law Foundation, takes place every year at the NAPABA Convention. The event will be held in-person on November 8, 2024 (Friday) and November 9, 2024 (Saturday) in downtown Seattle, WA near the Hyatt Regency. For more information on the event, please click here.

The event’s Planning Committee is currently seeking volunteers. Specifically, the Committee is looking for judges (either current or previous judges on the bench or veteran attorneys of over 6+ years of practice) and volunteer bailiffs. The timeslots run on Friday, November 8 from 9:00am to 4:00pm in 1.5 hour increments, and on Saturday, November 9 from 8:30AM to 9:50AM and 11:05AM to 12:20 PM.

To sign up to be a judge, please click here.

To sign up to be a bailiff, please click here.

August 23, 2024August 23, 2024

Call for Volunteers: Northeast Regional Thomas Tang Moot Court in NYC, Sept. 27

The national Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition (“TTMC”) takes place at the NAPABA Convention each year and students compete in their regions and then advance to the national competition.

Amanda Yu and Christopher Arcitio will be assisting in coordinating the Northeast Regional Competition in New York City on September 27, 2024 from 9am to 5pm at the United States Court of International Trade at One Federal Plaza, New York, New York under the leadership of Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves of the United States Court of International Trade.

Amanda and Christopher are looking for volunteers to serve as brief graders or bailiffs for the Northeast Regional Competition. The brief graders would be practicing attorneys (preferably who have been practicing 4 years or more) and the bailiffs would be current law students or first and second year attorneys. Volunteers in addition to brief graders and bailiffs can also sign up using the appropriate link below.

Brief graders will have approximately two weeks to grade between 6-10 briefs and brief score sheets would be due September 13, 2024 (Friday) or two weeks before the competition date. Bailiffs and volunteers are asked to come to the courthouse on the date of the competition (September 27, 2024) for a 1.5 hour slot and obtain training on site (keeping track of competition team’s time, preparing and collecting scoresheets, reporting any technology or trial related issues, answering questions, and leading competitors to their competition rooms). The bailiffs and volunteers will also have the opportunity to interact with the TTMC Judges, who are sitting judges on the bench from various state and federal jurisdictions or veteran practicing attorneys.

Links to sign up for each are below:

TTMC Brief Grading for Regionals: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FAAAE22A7F4C70-48961547-tang
TTMC NY Regional 3 Bailiffs: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FAAAE22A7F4C70-48960057-tang
TTMC NY Regional 3 Volunteers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FAAAE22A7F4C70-48961153-tang

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022

NAPABA Announces that the 2022 Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition is Seeking Judges and Bailiffs

It is time for the 2022 Tang Moot Court Competition! Organizers are seeking judges for the upcoming moot court regional competition rounds. Moot court judges must be law school graduates and not affiliated with any student teams competing this year.

Thank you in advance for supporting the law students and providing them with valuable oral argument training. Please see judging opportunities below and sign up at the link provided.

For questions, please email [email protected].

Regional Competitions via Zoom

The regional competitions will be held online via Zoom on Friday September 30th, Friday October 7th, and Saturday October 8th. Sign-ups for the Zoom oral arguments are below (please note the applicable time zones for each round):

Friday October 7th and Saturday October 8th, Regionals 2-3 | SIGN UP

We are also seeking bailiffs (law students may volunteer as bailiffs) — please contact [email protected] if you are interested in serving as a bailiff.