Mercifully, I'm not alone. Not everyone sees moot court as a terrific opportunity to force students to argue large, obscure constitutional law issues.

[In a national moot court competition run by Loyola, the] students will argue a legal malpractice case in which a former criminal defendant who was convicted of a crime sues the public defender who represented him (and their office) because the PD failed to argue that the police "planted a gun" on the defendant. The plaintiff's (former criminal defendant) conviction was overturned when the officer was arrested and later confessed to planting the gun.

Where's UCLA among the competitors? ... hm ... let's see ... nope, not there.

17 Oct 05