Awards
April 1, 2008
Pierce Law students Win Best Brief at Ruby R. Vale Corporate Moot Court Competition
Franklin Pierce Law Center students recently won Best Brief at the 20th Annual Ruby R. Vale Corporate Moot Court Competition held at Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware. The team also advanced to the preliminary and elimination rounds before a narrow defeat in the final four.
February 13, 2008
Pierce Law students Win Best Oral Argument in Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
Daniel Landau of Chester, NH and Michael Farah of Arlington, TX, recently won "Best Oral Argument" at this year's Eastern Region Competition of the Saul K. Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition held in New York City. read more
February 11, 2008
Pierce Law Students Compete in National Trial Competition
According to Scherr, “This is the third consecutive year Pierce Law has placed a team in the regional finals, and the fourth time in the last six years. Pierce Law has become known throughout the New England law school region for the very high quality of its teams every year.” read more
October 30, 2007
Franklin Pierce Law Center Students Reach Quarterfinals at 19th National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition
Franklin Pierce Law Center’s moot court team of Adam Muller of West Palm Beach, FL, and Dan Dargon of Concord advanced to the quarterfinals at the National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition held this month at the University of San Diego School of Law.
Both third year students, Muller and Dargon participated in four rounds of arguments with 41 teams. Muller won “Best Individual Oralist” among a field of 84 competitors. This was the first year Pierce Law participated in the competition.
The competition is sponsored by the University of San Diego School of Law. This year's competition focused on a two-part criminal procedure problem. The first part involved a 6th Amendment Confrontation Clause issue regarding a hearsay statement made by an inmate after a near-fatal stabbing in a prison yard. The second part involved a 5th Amendment Miranda issue and how police and prison guards conducted an interrogation after the stabbing.
