{"id":497,"date":"2011-01-24T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-03-02T16:53:07","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T21:53:07","slug":"international-environmental-moot-court-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2011\/01\/24\/international-environmental-moot-court-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"International Environmental Moot Court Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh Wooding Law School of Trinidad and Tobago and American University Washington College of Law students qualified this Saturday to compete in Stetson University College of Law&#8217;s 15th Annual International Environmental Moot Court Competition in March.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3708\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"Hi-res version\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3056\/5734809244_4122c16116_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3708\" title=\"Hugh Wooding Law School team with Stetson Law Professor Royal Gardner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.law.stetson.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Hugh-Wooding-Law-School-Team-lo-res.jpg\" alt=\"Hugh Wooding Law School team with Stetson Law Professor Royal Gardner\" width=\"250\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hugh Wooding Law School team with Stetson Law Professor Royal Gardner (center). Click for high-resolution image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hugh Wooding Law School won the regional competition and American University Washington College of Law was runner-up and won the best memorial award at the North America-Atlantic Region International Environmental Moot Court Competition held Jan. 21-22 at Stetson Law in Gulfport. Tecla Duncan, student from Hugh Wooding Law School, was named best oralist in the final round.<\/p>\n<p>The winning teams will both advance to compete in the prestigious international finals hosted by Stetson Law at the University of Maryland School of Law March 17-20. Students from Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, India, Ireland, Latin America, North America and Southeast Asia will compete in the finals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3710\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"Hi-res version\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3205\/5734256053_dd9a0fd8b1_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3710\" title=\"American University Washington College of Law team with Professor Royal Gardner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.law.stetson.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/American-University-Washington-team-lo-res.jpg\" alt=\"American University Washington College of Law team with Professor Royal Gardner\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American University Washington College of Law team with Professor Royal Gardner. Click for high-resolution image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eight teams from law schools across the country and two teams from the Caribbean competed in the regional competition this past weekend at Stetson Law. The students argued a moot case on the topic of oil pollution and the marine environment.<\/p>\n<p>Stetson Law offers an advanced LL.M. degree in international law and is home to the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy. The institute is a nexus of education, research, and service activities related to global, regional and local biodiversity issues. Stetson Law is also home to the <em>Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3711\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"Hi-res version\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3571\/5734801214_c58ae2581a_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3711\" title=\"Hugh Wooding Law School student best oralist Tecla Duncan with Stetson Law Professor Royal Gardner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.law.stetson.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Best-Oralist-lo-res.jpg\" alt=\"Hugh Wooding Law School student best oralist Tecla Duncan with Stetson Law Professor Royal Gardner\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Best-Oralist-lo-res.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Best-Oralist-lo-res-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hugh Wooding Law School student best oralist Tecla Duncan with Stetson Law Professor Royal Gardner. 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