{"id":25355,"date":"2026-03-19T15:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=25355"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:53:12","slug":"register-for-second-annual-moot-court-competition-deadline-march-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/03\/19\/register-for-second-annual-moot-court-competition-deadline-march-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Register for second annual Moot Court competition, deadline March 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25357\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/031026_Keenan_Moot_finals_050.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"UDM students arguing in a courtroom at moot court competition.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/031026_Keenan_Moot_finals_050-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/031026_Keenan_Moot_finals_050-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/031026_Keenan_Moot_finals_050-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/031026_Keenan_Moot_finals_050-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/031026_Keenan_Moot_finals_050-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/031026_Keenan_Moot_finals_050-scaled.jpg?resize=825%2C550&amp;ssl=1 825w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/031026_Keenan_Moot_finals_050-scaled.jpg?w=1986&amp;ssl=1 1986w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>The Detroit Mercy Pre-Law Society and Business Law Society will host its second annual Moot Court Competition on <strong>Thursday, April 2<\/strong> <strong>at 2 p.m.<\/strong>, where students of all majors can refine their legal reasoning, public speaking and advocacy skills in a simulated appellate court environment. Participants will present a hypothetical case before a distinguished panel of judges, including UDM faculty.<\/p>\n<p>The competition will follow a traditional moot court format, where multiple teams will present arguments on both sides of a legal issue. This is an oral competition, and <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">no writing is involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">It only takes two to make a team for this competition, so find a friend and sign up now. <\/span><strong>Deadline to sign up is March 23.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For any questions, please contact <a href=\"mailto:saputocm@udmercy.edu\">saputocm@udmercy.edu<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:tomaeb@udmercy.edu\">tomaeb@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfBgP_lr1qbSz2vIVj_LbAEDtK88V49S0Kpxsj9XZOC7qga4g\/viewform?pli=1\">Sign up here.<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grab a friend and sign up for the Detroit Mercy Pre-Law Society and Business Law Society&#8217;s second annual Moot Court Competition, which takes place on April 2. This is an oral competition open to students of all majors, and no writing is involved. Deadline to sign up is March 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":25357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4404],"tags":[7366,130,6164,2195,6165,328,6882,5467,6878,6879,6877],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/031026_Keenan_Moot_finals_050-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6AX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25355"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25361,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25355\/revisions\/25361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}