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Moot court competitors from the IU McKinney School of Law are preparing for the University of Maryland Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition, a virtual event that begins February 19.

The team includes 2L students Shelby Knop (left) and Madison Hernandez and 1L Kendra Perkins (pictured below, from left).

Knop was part of a team last semester that competed in the National Health Law Moot Court competition with 3L students Emily Burchfield and Ana Carolina Corey, coached by 3L Michael Lakes, which placed 16^th out of 36 teams from law schools across the country.

The competition presented a timely topic: students were asked to show off their advocacy skills through briefing and presenting oral arguments related to a case in which a nursing home employee cited anxiety as a reason for non-compliance of her workplace mask mandate.

Because that competition was also virtual, the three McKinney teammates were together only in a virtual sense, each working from their own remote locations. In the end, they only lost the oral argument portion by a few points, Knop said.

Despite the unusual competition circumstances, Knop said moot court is always a good experience. “You’re working for yourself and how you can improve your advocacy skills, but it is also for your team,” she said. “I’m so proud to represent IU McKinney.”