Each year, the Charles Hamilton Houston Moot Court team, on behalf of Howard University School of Law, hosts our annual Moot Court Competition in honor of the Honorable Luke Charles Moore. He matriculated from Howard University, with honors, and later earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law School. His honors include serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; being appointed Chief U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia by President Kennedy in 1962; and being appointed to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by President Nixon in 1972.

The Luke Charles Moore Invitational (“LCMI”) is one of the few civil rights moot court competitions in the country. Participants have the opportunity to argue these important issues inside the nation’s capital at Howard University School of Law, coined as the birthplace of the civil rights movement.

The 2009 problem will focus on whether racial considerations should be permitted when assessing potential adoptive parents seeking to adopt a child from a different race or ethnicity.

Competitor Briefs

Team A (124 kb)

Team B (96 kb)

Team C (108 kb)

Team D (124 kb)

Team E (111 kb)

Team F (119 kb)

Team G (213 kb)

Team H (134 kb)

Team I (104 kb)

Team J (167 kb)

Team L (174 kb)

LCMI Competition: Feb. 27-28, 2009
Registration Due: November 14, 2008
Problem Released: December 2008


Interested teams may print the forms below and mail them along with the registration fee to:
CHH Moot Court Team
2900 Van Ness Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008

Download LCMI Description (36 kb)

Download LCMI Participant Letter09 (33 kb)

Download LCMI09 Registration Form (59 kb)

Questions may be addressed to Shannon Stokes at slstokes@law.howard.edu




updated: February 10, 2009