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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
MEDIA CONTACT: Paul Fucito |
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February 15, 2002 |
(202) 994-0616 |
LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS CONVERGE AT GW TO DEBATE PRESIDENT BUSH’S
ORDER FOR MILITARY
TRIBUNALS
FEBRUARY
24
Distinguished Panel of Intelligence and
Defense Lawyers to Act as Judges for the
2002
Harold H. Greene & Joyce Hens Green National Security Law Moot Court
Competition
| EVENT: | “Harold H. Greene & Joyce Hens Green National Security Moot Court Competition.” Fourteen teams of students from nine law schools will argue national security issues in front of a distinguished panel of recognized experts in the field, including national security-trained lawyers from the CIA, JAG, NSA and DOD. The focus of this year’s competition will be on the constitutionality of an order based on President George W. Bush’s order of November 13, including suspension of habeas corpus, military detention, and the legality and application of a military commission to try terrorists. The weekend-long competition includes a welcoming party and an awards banquet with prize money and plaques for the winning team, best brief, and best orator. |
| WHEN: |
Sunday, February 24, 2002 10:30 a.m. |
| WHERE: | The George Washington University Law School Moot Court Room 2000 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. |
| WHO: | The
judges for the competition include: Judge Paul R. Michel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Walter Dellinger, former assistant attorney general John S. Cooke, former assistant judge advocate general |
Background:
Sponsored by The George Washington University Law School Moot Court Board, the competition is named after two GW Law School alumni, Harold H. Green and Joyce Hens Green. Harold H. Greene is currently the senior judge on the United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia. His career included service as chief of the appeals and research section of the Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice, where he did much of the drafting of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Judge Joyce Hens Green was appointed United States District Judge for the District of Columbia in May 1979. She was a member of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from May 1988 until her seven-year term expired in May 1995, and served as its presiding Judge from May 1990 until the expiration of her term. She is a member of the U.S. Judicial Conference Judicial Branch Committee and chair (1997 - 98), National Conference of Federal Trial Judges. Judge Green took senior status in July 1995.
Members of the media are welcome to attend the event. For more information, contact Michael Orozco at (202) 994-7070, morozco@law.gwu.edu or Paul Fucito at (202) 994-0616, pfucito@main.nlc.gwu.edu.
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