Center for Children’s Rights and the Moot Court Honors
Board Present
The 11th Annual National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition
February 10-11, 2006
Whittier Law School and the Center
for Children's Rights are proud to announce the 11th Annual
National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition. Over the past decade,
participants have tackled controversial questions relating to child
abuse, paternity, siblings rights, in vitro fertilization, and the
institutionalization of minors. The event remains the only national
competition dedicated exclusively to issues confronting families
and children.
This year's problem presents a minor's constitutional claims against a social worker. The minor alleges that her fundamental rights under the Fourteenth Amendment were violated when the defendant social worker placed her in the custody of her mother while knowing or having reason to know that her mother's boyfriend was violent and likely to do her harm. The minor, who sustained permanent injuries at the hands of her mother's boyfriend, brings her suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
$2,000 in Academic Scholarships will be
awarded.
For additional information, contact the Moot Court Honors board
at (714) 444-4141, ext. 420 or mootcourt@poets.whittier.edu
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The 11th Annual National Juvenile Law Moot
Court Competition
February 10-11, 2006
Academic Scholarships
Overall Winning Team……………………..$1,000
Academic Scholarship
Best Team Brief…………………………….$500
Academic Scholarship
Best Oralist………………………………….$500
Academic Scholarship
Additionally, the winning brief will be published in the Whittier
Journal of Child and Family Advocacy.
Registration Information
Registration forms: Forms will be
mailed out September 15, 2005. To receive a form, please send an
email to mootcourt@poets.whittier.edu
or download form here as
a PDF.
Registration Fee: $285 per two-person
team (Maximum of two teams per school)
Registration Deadline: Forms and
checks must be postmarked no later than October 21, 2005.
Problem: To be distributed November
14, 2005
Briefs: Must be postmarked no later
than January 12, 2006
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