Florida State University Moot Court Team wins another national advocacy competition
TALLAHASSEE—The Florida State University College of Law Moot Court Team has won the 2010 National Security Law Moot Court Competition. This year’s competition was held February 1314 in Washington, D.C., at George Washington University Law School. This is the second time that Florida State has won first place in the competition.
The winning team members were thirdyear law students Andrew Grogan, from Melbourne, Florida, and Michael Redondo, from Miami, Florida. They were coached by Judge Brad Thomas of the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
“We are all very proud to be celebrating another victory by our Moot Court Team,” said Dean Don Weidner. “This superb win comes just one week after the team won first place in this year’s national Religious Freedom Moot Court Competition.”
Florida State defeated Cornell Law School in the final round of competition. Twentytwo teams participated in the competition, including those from Baylor Law School, Brigham Young University Law School, Duke Law School and the University of Michigan Law School. Richard Klingler, former general counsel to the National Security Council, Patricia Wald, former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and James Woolsey, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, judged the final round of competition.