A Top Placement for National Moot Court Team

After winning the regional competition in fall, Saint Louis University School of Law's National Moot Court Team placed 2nd in the National Rounds for the New York Bar's 70th National Moot Court Competition.

3Ls Maysa Daoud, Ashton Dietrich and Aaron Freeman competed against 159 teams from the 117 schools that participated in the competition. The national rounds consisted of the top 28 schools from the regional competitions with two from each of the 14 regions.

The SLU LAW team beat out the University of Minnesota, University of Tennessee, New York University, Northwestern University, and Regent University to face the University of Georgia in the finals. In addition to the team win, Maysa Daoud was the 2nd place oralist.

"Our team did a fantastic job," said Professor Paige Canfield, who coached the team. "I could not be more proud of them."

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By Jessica Ciccone, Saint Louis University School of Law Office of Communications