Scalia Law’s Moot Court Team Takes Top Honors in Competition

In the Moot Court Board’s first in‐person extramural contest since March 2020, national team members Roma Diseati, Tom Dossey, and Kevin Kehne prevailed over 35 other teams to win the Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition at Elon Law School. The live streamed final round took place before North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls, and other members of the North Carolina state and federal benches.

The contest problem, styled Advocates for Fair Admissions Practices v. University of North Greene, was patterned on two real cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on October 31, in which the challengers argue that the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit consideration of race in college admissions. Diseati, Dossey, and Kehne won all six of their matches, arguing both sides of the case over the course of two days.

Scalia Law’s other National Team members, Brandon Beck, Doug Horn, and Tori Burke, also did well in the event, advancing to the octofinal round. Both teams will now turn their attention to the American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Contest to be held in late winter and spring. The teams are coached by Adjunct Professors Ernie Isenstadt and Brandy Wagstaff.