Lots of judges in town came to the festivities. Here's a picture of Judges Huck and Altonaga with the panel:
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
FIU hosts Justice Alito at moot court finals
Dean Alex Acosta was rightfully beaming tonight, as his law school had its final round of moot court with a bench of Justice Alito, Judge Marcus, and Judge Barkett. Here is Acosta introducing the final round with the judges in the background:
Lots of judges in town came to the festivities. Here's a picture of Judges Huck and Altonaga with the panel:
The participants were Sherman Davis, Matthew Rogoff, Nicholas Greene, and Jeremy Chevres; and the issues hit close to home -- the GPS/4th Amendment issue (couldn't Justice Alito have convinced the Court to release Jones next week?!) and the Padilla retroactivity issue. Everyone did a nice job.
Lots of judges in town came to the festivities. Here's a picture of Judges Huck and Altonaga with the panel:
That's one tough panel. I wonder if the law students realize how much intellectual firepower was at work--things can only get easier for them after this.
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