[Rudey]

Originally posted by The Truth
Howard Beats Harvard at National Moot Court Competition
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>By Ayesha Rascoe
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>Black College WireThe Howard University Law School's moot court team took
>first place in the American Bar Association Mock Trial Competition, the
>first team representing a historically black college or university to do
>so.
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>Photo credit: The Hilltop
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>"We are the best trial advocates," said a member of Howard's Huver I. Brown
>Trial Adovocacy Moot Court Team.
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>Eighteen law schools, including two-time, reigning champion Harvard
>University, competed. "It solidified the fact that although others think we
>are a third-tier law school, we are the best trial advocates," said Chris
>Stewart, a third-year law student and a team member. "No mathematical
>equation can calculate our excellence in trial advocacy." Stewart was named
>best advocate in the April 2 competition. The Huver I. Brown Trial
>Adovocacy Moot Court Team includes 20 law students in their second and
>third years. The tournament, now in its 15th year, hosted teams of four.
>Stewart, Adonna Bannister, Nisha Brooks and Derrick Simmons represented the
>law school. Team members were chosen through a series of competitions.
>First, open slots for the moot court team were filled through an
>intra-school competition at the end of the spring semester. In the fall
>term, members competed among themselves to decide who would represent the
>university in tournaments. "Our success is due to our faith in
> each other as teammates, our diligent preparation and our belief that we
>will do whatever is necessary to represent our school and our community to
>the best of our abilities," Errick D. Simmons, captain of the moot court
>team, said. When the team advanced, Simmons had the announcer spell out
>"Howard" so that the audience would not mistakenly hear "Harvard." "The
>team we won against was good and we were just a little better," Brooks, a
>third-year law student, said. "It wasn't a slam dunk. It wasn't easy, we
>put in a lot of work, time and a lot of late nights." "We are ecstatic
>about being able to contribute to the legacy of Howard Law," Derrick
>Simmons said. "I love Patrick Swygert for his vision, Dean [Kurt] Schmoke
>for his leadership of the law school, and faculty, staff, and students for
>their continued support," referring to the university president and law
>school dean, respectively. The team has competed in four competitions this
>year and placed well in all of them. Another
> group of Huver I. Brown team members placed first in the eastern regional
>competition of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. The team
>planned to compete in the association's national competition in West Palm
>Beach, Fla., which was to take place until April 10. Ayesha Rascoe, a
>student at Howard University, writes for the Hilltop.

2004-2005 school year
In a recent campus-wide memorandum, University President H. Patrick Swygert wrote: “Based on our knowledge of prior enrollment patterns, we believe that this year Howard will lead the nation in enrolling as new students the largest number (71) of National Achievement Scholars. National Achievement Scholars are recognized annually as the most academically competitive group of African American first-year college students in the nation. Last year, we recruited 56 Scholars; Harvard recruited 59 Scholars.”


Doesn't matter what school you go to, it's all about the dedication. Do not try to belittle my univeristy or my peers. It is all well and good that you have an opinion on it, but may I ask why you did not attend Harvard since that seems to be for the best of the best? Well never mind I think I answered it myself.

Moot court?

And how do National Achievement scholars compare with say National Merit Scholars?

Nobody belittled your university, you, or your peers.

-Rudey
--If I was a stud in moot court I could have attended the Sorbonne I suppose.