Morehouse Becomes First HBCU to Win Moot Court National Title

By ADD SEYMOUR JR. — In only their second year of existence, the Morehouse College Moot Court team is now the best in the country.

The team defeated defending champion Patrick Henry College 3-2 to claim the 2014-2015 national championship at the American Collegiate Moot Court Association’s 2015 national tournament. The event was held at Florida International University in Miami, Fla., Jan. 16-17.

The Morehouse team of Rodje Malcolm and Emmanuel Waddell, the only team from a historically black college or university in the competition, became the first HBCU squad to win the national title.

Malcolm and Waddell were the nation’s only team to go undefeated for the entire academic year.

“Rodje and Emanuel are stellar students who worked extremely hard to win this competition,” said the team’s coach, Winfield Murray. “They represented Morehouse superbly and without fault,” said the team’s coach, Winfield Murray.

“Schools across the country have recognized that moot court better prepares students for law school and law careers than any other forensic program,” he said. “Students have to understand judicial precedent, how to brief case law, how to argue appellate matters before the U.S. Supreme Court and how to address a tribunal en banc. These skills are normally taught in law school, so we are well ahead of the curve in preparing our lawyers of tomorrow.”

Source: http://www.morehouse.edu/