According to an ILB Entry posted today entitled, “Federal, State Judges Will Preside over DNA Case at Law School”, Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, Judge John D. Tinder of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Chief Judge Richard Young of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Roderick Morgan, president of the Indiana State Bar Association and partner at Bingham McHale LLP in Indianapolis, and IU Maurer School of Law Dean Lauren Robel will hold a Moot Court Competition today in Bloomington. The competition involves 125 law students from around the country.
For those readers who are unfamiliar, moot court is an organization at practically every law school where students present fictional but real-world appellate arguments in front of real judges and top practicing attorneys. Students have to write their own appellate briefs, and argue both sides of a particular issue. This year, the moot court society has chosen a case which turns on an issue involving DNA registries for certain convicted violent offenders. Moot court societies pride themselves on only selecting the best and brightest young law students. Not only are they chosen based on appellate skill, but must have outstanding academic credentials to qualify.