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- Farm raises boutique oysters:
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on Deer Island - Ole Miss School of Law wins environmental moot court competition
- Deborah Jefferson joins Sea Grant
- John Grigsby marks 10 years
- Group aims to encourage climate-adaptation efforts
- Facilitators learn about resilience self-assessment
- Kay Bruening retires after 20 years
- Girl Scouts to grow oyster garden
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Ole Miss School of Law wins environmental moot court competition
Stephanie Showalter Otts,
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal
Program director, and David Case, associate professor of law at the
University of Mississippi School of
Law, coached the Ole Miss Environmental Law Moot Court
Team to a national win.
The 23rd Annual National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition was held at Pace Law School, White Plains, N.Y., in February. The Ole Miss law school emerged as the winner out of 73 competing law schools from across the nation.
“The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program has been enhancing the environmental law curriculum at Ole Miss since its establishment 30 years ago,” said Showalter Otts. “Coaching the team is always a rewarding experience, but winning has been amazing. It has really raised awareness, on and off campus, of our environmental expertise and encouraged students to learn more about our programs.”
The competition problem involved the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the principal federal law governing the disposal of solid and hazardous waste.
The Ole Miss team advanced to the finals after defeating UCLA and the University of California at Berkeley in the semi-finals. Ole Miss defeated Baylor University and three-time defending champion Lewis & Clark Law School in the championship round.