MSU College of Law asked Jim Acho, an attorney in the Firm’s Livonia office, to serve on its panel of judges for the annual Moot Court Trial Advocacy Competition that recently took place.

A moot court is an extracurricular activity in which law school students take part in simulated court proceedings, usually to include drafting briefs and participating in oral argument. The competition involved 11 other law schools, including Wayne State Law School and University of Detroit Law School. The final two teams travel to the University of Texas law school this month for the National Moot Court finals.

Competitions are often judged by legal practitioners with expertise in the particular area of law, or sometimes by sitting judges. Sitting Federal Judges Marianne Battani and Denise Page Hood also served as guest judges.