Campbell Law advocates return to National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition on Nov. 1-3

Campbell Law advocates will once again compete in the National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition on Nov. 1-3, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Third-year students Destiney Parker and Morgan Welge are trying the fictitious case, Robert L. Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. Ryan Jackson. The Campbell Law team is coached by Kirk Warner.

Campbell Law finished as a quarterfinalist at the competion in 2018.

The National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition is the nation’s premier moot court competition focusing on veterans law.  Hosted every fall in Washington, D.C., the competition brings together teams of students from around the country to argue cutting-edge veterans law issues before panels of distinguished practitioners and judges.  The competition prides itself on the authenticity of its problems and the quality of its judges. The record on appeal for each competition is highly detailed and the documents included mimic evidence that would be found in an actual veterans law case. The judges for the briefs and the oral arguments are drawn from the ranks of experienced veterans law practitioners.  Each year the final round is judged by a panel from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in the CAVC’s courtroom.

The NVLMCC was first organized in 2009 as the Veterans Law Appellate Advocacy Competition and is the nation’s premier moot court competition focusing on veterans law. Hosted every fall in Washington, D.C., the competition brings together teams of students from around the country to argue cutting edge veterans law issues before panels of distinguished practitioners and judges.

The NVLMCC prides itself on it authenticity of it problems and the quality of its judges. The record on appeal for each competition is highly detailed and the documents included look like the evidence that would be found in a real veterans law case. The judges for the briefs and the oral arguments are drawn from the ranks of experienced veterans law practitioners, which results in very realistic oral arguments. In particular, the final round of each NVLMCC has been judged by a panel of actual judges of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in the CAVC’s courtroom. Few, if any, moot court competitions can boast an experience that is so true to actual practice, according to the website.