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MOOT COURT.

A Moot Court is organized by the students in the First Year's course
for the discussion of legal questions. Its meetings begin at the opening and
continue to the end of the session, with such interruptions only as are
incident to the proximity of the examinations. Attendance is voluntary,
as presence during the debates is intended to be a privilege and not a
burden. But every candidate for the degree is required to argue at least
one case in the Moot Court, and to hand in a carefully prepared brief of
his argument, with a digest of the authorities relied on. The questions are
chosen by the Law Faculty, one of whom presides over the discussions.
Interest and life are added to the proceedings by the open debate held
after the argument, the presiding judge acting as interlocutor, and leading
into the debate those whom diffidence prompts to silence.

The following gentlemen served as officers of the Moot Court during
the session of 1907-1908:

Associate Judges

• Oscar L. Shewmake, Newport News, Va.

• Charles T. Jesse, Bowling Green, Va.

Clerks

• John Nash, Portsmouth, Va.

• Roy H. Pickford, Streets, Va.