The 13th Annual American Collegiate Moot Court Association Western Regional competition will take place at Cal State University Long Beach Friday and Saturday.
CSULB has hosted the event for the past 13 years. A media advisory described moot court as a “simulation of an appellate court proceeding.”
According to a press release regarding the event, “This year’s hypothetical case asks whether a fictional law requiring that women seeking an abortion undergo a transvaginal ultra-sound procedure and whether limiting what physicians can tell their patients about the risks of abortion is constitutional.”
The event will be composed of 38 two-person teams, including six teams from CSULB. The winning teams will move onto the national championship of intercollegiate Moot Court at the Florida International University College of Law in Miami in January 2015, according to the American Collegiate Moot Court Association’s website.
Other schools competing include Cal State Fullerton, University of Southern California, Westwood College and Mount St. Mary’s College.
The event is free and open to the public. It will take place on Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the University Student Union and the Health and Human Services 1 building. On Saturday, the event will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Peterson Hall and the Health Science building.