Yesterday the Legal Dude returned home from a 5 day stint in White Plains, New York where his team of three participated in the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition at the PACE Law School.
Wyoming was one of three teams, down from eighty-five, to make it to the finals, against Houston and Lewis & Clark (Oregon).
I believe, going this far in the competition is a first in the history of the University of Wyoming’s College of Law.
The team of three, all women I might add, came “this” close to winning, losing to Lewis & Clark, which has a special school that trains for these moot court competitions.
The Legal Dude is beyond happy and so proud of his team.
He goes on and on about how hard they worked, how well they work together and just how much fun they had during the competition and back again to just how hard they work and how they like each other and work so well together.
Getting the picture? He just can’t say enough about them.
Anyway, the judges said all three teams were pretty much equal and that it was a tough decision.
Such high praise!
The Legal Dude worked hard too.
He’s been coaching them for some time and during the past several weeks he’s put in numerous hours late into the evening and on Saturday and Sundays.
It paid off, though. Big time!
Sure, it would have been nice if they had won, but landing where they did is totally and completely awesome!
It was also great to hear:“Wyoming! I don’t even know where Wyoming is!” or to have one of the judges say, “You really need to send some of your students out this way to work,” and to receive kudos from colleagues and friends who were there with their teams and surprised to see small town Wyoming go so far.
I hope the three ladies get their just rewards and acknowledgements here from the school and local news. They certainly deserve it.
Who knew I would feel so proud and proprietary of the University/College of Law?
Of course, it probably helps a tiny bit that the Legal Dude was part of it.
Thanks for listening…
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