National Religious Freedom Moot Court competition at GW

[Lupu]

The students at George Washington University who are creating and 
running the inaugural Religious Freedom Moot Court competition have 
asked me to post the message below to the list.  Bob Tuttle and I have 
closely supervised the preparation of the problem, and we can assure 
you that it is very challenging and well-crafted.  Please note that Friday, 
November 3, is the deadline for registration; that the problem will be 
posted on November 7; and that the competition will be in Washington, 
DC on January 26-27, 2007.  Many thanks for any encouragement that 
you might give to your students or school to participate in this 
competition.

Chip Lupu
 
This year the GW J. Reuben Clark Law Society student chapter has 
worked with the George Washington University Law School to 
inaugurate the National GW Religious Freedom Moot Court 
Competition (www.religiousfreedommootcourt.org). The competition 
will be held at the University's Law School campus in Washington, 
D.C. on January 26-27. 

While many moot court competitions involve questions of constitutional 
law or focus on various aspects of the First Amendment, the National 
Religious Freedom Moot Court is the first competition that is 
specifically dedicated to issues of religious freedom. Professors Ira C. 
Lupu and Robert W. Tuttle, Co-Directors of the Project on Law and 
Religious Institutions at GW, have overseen the drafting of the 
competition problem, which will center around a current controversy 
that implicates the religious freedom provisions of the First 
Amendment. 

We are still working on the make up of our final judicial panel, but we 
currently have a commitment from the Hon. Kent Jordan, current 
nominee to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. 

The competition is open to 24 two-member teams and is limited to 2L 
and 3L students from ABA-accredited law schools. Teams will be 
assigned to brief one side of the competition problem, but must come 
prepared to argue both sides. The registration deadline is Friday, 
November 3, 2006. The problem will be released on November 7, 
2006, when we will be notifying teams of which side they will be 
expected to brief in preparation of the competition. 



Ira C. ("Chip") Lupu
F. Elwood & Eleanor Davis Professor of Law 
The George Washington University Law School 
2000 H St., NW
Washington D.C 20052

(202) 994-7053

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