Call for Volunteers: Thomas Tang Moot Court (Regional) - Oct. 8-9, 2004

The Thomas Tang Regional Moot Court Competition is currently looking for volunteers to judge the competition this year. This year, the California Regional is being held at the U.C. Hastings College of Law on October 8-9. If you are an Asian American attorney or judge (retired or current), please consider this opportunity to meet and encourage future Asian American attorneys.

The Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition was spawned in 1993 by the APA Law Student Association of the South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas. It is now administered by the NAPABA Law Foundation and the NAPABA Judicial Council. The Competition honors the late Judge Thomas Tang, a champion of individual rights, an advocate for the advancement of minority attorneys, an ardent supporter of NAPABA and the moot court competition. Judge Tang served on the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1977 until his passing in 1995. Judge Tang's wife, Dr. Pearl Tang, continues the legacy and participates every year.

The Competition is open to all students but is especially designed to reach out to APA law students and provide them with an opportunity to showcase their writing and oral advocacy skills and compete for scholarships totaling $10,000 which are generously sponsored by the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

In 2003, 77 teams competed in six regions across the country with the two finalists in each region competing at the NAPABA annual national convention in Honolulu, Hawaii, for the final rounds. The panel of judges for the 2003 final round were Chief Justice Ronald T. M. Moon and Justice Paula Nakayama of the Hawaii Supreme Court, Justice Ming Chin of the California Supreme Court, Federal District Court Judge Susan Oki Mollway of Hawaii and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Clifton

For more information, please contact Alfred Leong, APALSA Academic Chair U.C. Hastings College of Law, at leongcpa@yahoo.com or please at (415) 987-6641. Also visit the NAPABA website for more information at Thomas Tang Moot Court competition page.