LSU Law students Kiley Lord and Halli Briscoe won the Fall 2024 Robert L. Tullis Moot Court Competition on Monday evening, Oct. 21. The team of second-year students bested fellow 2Ls Reese Kelso and Garrett Powell in the final round of competition, which was held in the Robinson Courtroom at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
The finalists presented oral arguments in a fictional U.S. Supreme Court case before a distinguished panel of judges that included LSU Law Dean Alena M. Allen, the Hon. Hunter Greene of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal, and the Hon. Brian Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
Named in honor of the late Dean Emeritus of LSU Law, the Robert L. Tullis Moot Court Competition has been a tradition of honor at the Law Center since 1936. Teams of second-year law students write an appellate brief in a hypothetical United States Supreme Court case and then argue the case to panels of attorneys and judges in an oral advocacy tournament.
Lord and Briscoe will have their names inscribed on the Tullis plaque that’s located outside the Robinson Courtroom. All four finalists, along with the winners of the Best Brief and Best Oralist awards, will also receive automatic membership on next year’s Board of Advocates.
