IIT Chicago-Kent to participate in the 2014 National Moot Court Competition in Child Welfare and Adoption Law

Franchesca Mateo, Joaquin Sena and Abrahem Wehbi, second-year students at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, will represent the law school in the National Moot Court Competition in Child Welfare and Adoption Law. The tournament will be held March 7 to 8 at the Ohio Statehouse and the Supreme Court of Ohio in Columbus.

The competition is designed to give law students an opportunity to develop oral advocacy and writing skills as they argue current issues related to state child welfare and adoption law. This year's topic is "Balancing Rights Under the Indian Child Welfare Act." The tournament is co-sponsored by Capital University Law School, the ABA Center on Children and the Law, the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, the National Association of Counsel for Children, the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy, and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.

The team is coached by third-year students Emily Anderson, Lindsay Friedman and Katy Martinez.

Founded in 1888, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law school of Illinois Institute of Technology, a private, Ph.D.-granting institution with programs in engineering, psychology, architecture, business, design and law. IIT Chicago-Kent is the only law school ever to win the National Trial Competition and the National Moot Court Competition in the same year (2008), and the first school to win the National Moot Court Competition in two consecutive years (2008 and 2009).