Feb. 23, 2021 Share This:
In a highly-competitive tournament where reading body language, perfecting persuasion techniques and surveying a crowd are required, Cal State Fullerton’s Moot Court team earned top scores at the 2021 American Moot Court Association National Championship Tournament.
Twelve Cal State Fullerton students across six teams competed against the top 100 Moot Court teams in the country and brought home seven awards from the Jan. 22-24 tournament, which was held virtually this year.
Four students received National Oral Advocacy Championship awards: Jennifer Nakano and Zach Zirzow in seventh place and Khira Mistry and Ian Finley in 28th place.
Six students received National Brief Writing Championship awards: Isaac Gonzalez and Navdeep Sidhu came in second place as petitioner, Kristin Sinks and Amaris Aloise earned fourth place as petitioner and Noah Zepeda and Emily Higgins earned ninth place as respondent from over 350 briefs submitted.
Inaugural TEDxCSUF Conference on Feb. 12 to Feature Students, Faculty, Alumna
Saleem Haider and Khira Mistry arrived at Cal State Fullerton as freshmen eager to jump into the vibrant student life on campus.
They discovered more than 200 student organizations on campus, but were surprised that the university did not have a TED Talks program, something they had both been involved in at Valencia High School (Placentia).
They decided to change that.
Getting the Program Up and Running
“We were inspired to create a TEDx program at CSUF to highlight the unique voices of the students and faculty,” explained Haider, a junior in accounting who serves as the group’s president.