Lawyers-in-training to compete at Little Rock

Associated Press - November 20, 2009 6:14 AM ET

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Lawyers of the future will compete at Little Rock to see who performs best in the courtroom.

The Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will play host Friday to the first-ever undergraduate moot court championship.

Hans Hacker, a professor of political science at Arkansas State, will be the tournament's director.

Organizers say 36 teams from nine universities will compete in Little Rock, from schools that include Texas-Dallas, Vanderbilt, ASU, the University of Texas main campus at Austin and Middle Tennessee. The winning team will compete in the National Undergraduate Moot Court Championships in January at Miami.