Team Led by LGN Partner Wins National Moot Court Competition

Congratulations to LGN partner, Rachel Kitze Collins, and the University of Minnesota Law School‘s Environmental Moot Court Competition team, who just won the Jeffrey Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition at Pace University in New York. Rachel coaches the team along with Emily Polachek, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota. The winning team members consist of Hanna Weil (’24), Maria Pfister (’24), and Poojan Thakrar (’24), all 3Ls at the University of Minnesota Law School.

Instituted in 1989, the Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC) is one of the nation’s largest interschool moot court competitions. Every year law student advocates nationwide assemble to compete under one roof. More than 200 competitors and 150 attorneys participate in grading briefs and serving as judges for the three-day competition. The NELMCC tests students’ skills in appellate brief writing and oral advocacy and uses issues drawn from real cases to provide students with first-hand experience in environmental litigation in a rigorous academic experience.

Congratulations to all involved on an outstanding accomplishment!