University at Buffalo School of Law Moot Court Board

03/08/2018

UB Law School is HOSTING the annual Wechsler Moot Court Competition. We REALLY need your help! We need time clerks. You will get to observe the best arguments made by law students from various law schools (check out your future opponents/learn different advocacy styles). You will also receive a delicious lunch while you mingle.

Named after the drafter of the Model Penal Code, the annual Wechsler Competition is the only national moot court competition in the United States to focus on topics in substantive criminal law. The problems address the constitutionality and interpretation of federal and state criminal statutes as well as general issues in the doctrine of federal and state criminal law.

We need time clerks for each round (we will be grateful for any round you can do):
9:00 A.M. -10:30 A.M.
10:45 A.M. - 2:15 P.M.
1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
3:15 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Date: Saturday, March 24, 2018.
Location: Erie County Courthouse, Buffalo, NY

Please e-mail [email protected] to sign up for the round you can serve as a timekeeper.

11/11/2017

Better late than never...Desmond Banquet.

10/24/2017

Congratulations to all of the participants of the 2017 Charles S. Desmond Moot Court Competition.
A special thanks to our finals judges: Hon. Kenneth Case, Hon. Thomas Franczyk, and Dean Aviva Abramovsky.
Congratulations to our winners, Andy Plewinski and Allyson Leigh, as well as the runner-up team of Tony DiPerna and Willie Hython.

11/08/2016

The Buffalo Moot Court Board will be selling packets for the Mugel and Wechsler Competition Try Outs for any interested 2L or 3L law student.

Try outs are scheduled for FRIDAY, Nov 18 th 9a – 4p (you will be given a time slot when you register).

All interested student must register ($20 fee for each participant) – if you have a preferred competition, please register at one of the below. Or you can indicate to the board that you are interested in either competition team. You will be competing individually (not as a team). Finalist will be paired based on results.
• Mugel: http://www.law.buffalo.edu/beyond/competitions/mugel/register-ub.html
• Wechsler: http://www.law.buffalo.edu/beyond/competitions/wechsler/register-ub.html

Once you have paid, please send receipt to: [email protected] and you will be mailed the problem. Try outs will consist of a one-issue oral argument. For the writing portion, you will be asked to send a writing sample of your choice.

The Mugel Competition (tax law) will be held on Sat, February 25, 2017 at the Erie County Courthouse http://www.law.buffalo.edu/beyond/competitions/mugel.html .
The Wechsler Competition (criminal law) will be held on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at the Erie County Courthouse http://www.law.buffalo.edu/beyond/competitions/wechsler.html

This registration is for UB School of Law students only.

10/11/2016

***BMCB NEEDS VOLUNTEERS****

The Buffalo Moot Court Board is looking for timekeepers to volunteer for the Desmond Moot Court Competition on Saturday October 22nd. We need timekeepers for all rounds on Saturday. Any timekeeper who stays all day and time keeps for the semifinals/finals will be invited to attend the banquet on Saturday evening. Below are the times for the rounds. Please email [email protected] to volunteer. We need your help and cannot do this without timekeepers! It is a great way to get an insider look into how the competition works!

Round 1 @ 9-10:30
Round 2 @ 11-12:30
Round 3 @ 1:30-3:00
Semi Final @ 3:30-4:30
Final @ 4:30-6:00

Thank you!

09/29/2016

The Buffalo Moot Court Board will be selling packets for the Desmond Competition until Friday ONLINE ONLY. You can purchase a packet by going to http://www.law.buffalo.edu/beyond/competitions/desmond/registration16.html. Once you have purchased a packet, you will need to email us at [email protected] with a copy of the receipt as proof of payment. We will then email you a packet.

Also, one student is also looking for a partner, so if you are interested in doing the competition and do not have a partner--problem solved!

Have a great fall break!

09/25/2016

*****ATTENTION ALL 2LS AND 3LS******
Packet sales for the Desmond Moot Court Competition will begin on Monday September 26th and go until Wednesday September 28th. We will be tabling in the Lobby from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. each of those days. Each packet will cost $20.00. You may pay in cash at the table OR online using the following form (please bring your proof of purchase/receipt to the table when you are picking up http://www.law.buffalo.edu/beyond/competitions/desmond/registration16.html.

Note: We will not be tabling on Thursday or Friday due to fall break. However, if you are unable to pick up a packet while we are tabling, please email us at [email protected] by Friday September 30th at 2:00 p.m. to let us know that you would like to pick up a packet. After this date, all packet sales will cease.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us. We are looking forward to getting the competition underway!

The 2016 competition will take place Saturday, Oct. 22 at the University at Buffalo School of Law.

04/11/2016

Interested in doing a moot court next year? We've organized an information session tomorrow, Tuesday 4/12 at 5:30 in O'Brian 107 to let you know what moot court competitions are offered, how and when to try out, and why you should!
The following moot courts will be there:
-Jessup (Public international law)
-Frederick Douglass (Civil rights)
-Vis (International business arbitration)
-Desmond (intramural school competition)
-Mugel (Tax law)
-Wechsler (Criminal law)
-Envrionmental
-Native American
Hope to see you tomorrow at 5:30 in room 107!

04/05/2016

I am pleased to announce the new Buffalo Moot Court Executive Board for 2016 to 2017:
President: Farina Mendelson
Treasurer: Matthew Paris
Public Relations : Ashley Czechowski
Desmond Chair: Kayla Drickel
Wechsler Chair: Megan McGuiggan
Competition Judges Chair: Joseph Lavoie
I would like to congratulate the new E-Board and thank our outgoing Board for all of their efforts this year!
I would like to give a special thank you to my E-Board this year for helping out tremendously with the Desmond, Mugel, and Wechsler Competitions. Thank you to the new Board Members for your help staffing our Mugel and Weschler Competitions as well as casebriefs and competitor brief grading.
I hope the new E-Board and remaining Board members have a great experience next year running the competitions. Help to ensure future law students have the same rewarding experience of honing oral advocacy skills and brief writing that we have all had. With that having been said, I now pass the torch to the new E-Board! It has been a very rewarding experience to lead this organization.
Good luck in all of your future endeavors!
Best wishes,
Andrew J. DeMasters
President, Buffalo Moot Court Board, 15'-16'

03/10/2016

Hi everyone!

With our last competition of the year quickly approaching, I would like to reach out to all of you for help. We are in need of time clerks for the Wechsler Criminal Law Competition on April 9th, 2016.

If you are interested in gaining experience (and some free lunch) send us an email ([email protected]) and I will sign you up!

12/03/2015

Hi everyone!

We hope the end of your semester is wrapping up nicely! We would like to let you know about some updates for the Albert R. Mugel National Tax Moot Court Competition and give you a bit more information about it. Hosted by the Law School for more than thirty years, the Mugel Competition is the oldest national tax moot court competition in the United States. Each year, the Mugel Competition gives law students from across the nation an opportunity to demonstrate their proficiency in oral advocacy and brief writing on a cutting edge issue of federal tax law and policy.

If you're interested in trying out it's simple! Just submit a writing sample and a letter of interest by December 21 to [email protected].

Once accepted, here are the commitment dates:

(1) The national problem will be released on January 12, 2016;
(2) The national brief will be due on February 12, 2016; and
(3) The competition, once again, is February 18-20, 2016.

We are looking forward to hosting this national competition and hope that you will join us! Past judging panels have included Federal Magistrate judges, Federal Tax Court judges, state court judges, prominent attorneys, and distinguished law professors from around the country.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by email and visit our website: http://www.law.buffalo.edu/beyond/competitions/mugel.html.

Hosted by the Law School for more than thirty years, the Mugel Competition is the oldest national tax moot court competition in the United States. Each year, the Mugel Competition gives law students from across the nation an opportunity to demonstrate their proficiency in oral advocacy and brief wri…