Rhetoric Moot Court
Wabash College's Fall Moot Court competition offers Wabash students an excellent opportunity to engage in legal argumentation with training and support from fellow Wabash Alumni who are now practicing attorneys.
Students are given materials and coaching necessary for arguing a legal dispute adapted from an actual case pending before the United States Supreme Court. Competition comes from fellow students who are assigned the opposing argument, and the arguments are presented to panels of judges consisting of alumni attorneys and Wabash faculty.
In short, this is a great opportunity to add to your resume, gain experience, and meet/work with Wabash Alumni.
The Fall 2016 moot court problem involves a variation on Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley, a case likely to be heard by the Supreme Court in its 2016-17 term. The case deals with the denial of an application of a church to participate in a state program that provide grants for playground improvements. Specifically it considers whether the exclusion of churches from participation in an otherwise neutral and secular state aid program violates the Free Exercise and Equal Protection clauses when the state has no valid Establishment Clause concern over the participation.
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