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IU McKinney students Farrah Goodall, Brooklyn Hayes, and Tyler Kelly competed in the Wagner Moot Court Competition at New York Law School in New York City. The team placed in the top 16 during the event which took place March 1-3.

The team was coached by Visiting Professor Sarah Parks. “They argued a very tough four-issue labor and employment problem,” Professor Parks said. “The team has been preparing diligently, staying late into the evening every Wednesday night this semester, watching recordings of themselves, and working with local L&E attorneys to fully learn the issues. Their hard work paid off: the group advanced to the octo-finals, meaning they were in the top 16 teams. Farrah and Brooklyn argued flawlessly in the octo-final round. The judges called their oral argument style ‘perfect,’ and the opposing team’s coach specifically sought us out after to complement their performance.”

“I fell in love with moot court and appellate practice as a whole through my experience in the Staton Competition,” Goodall said. “The national competition program through the school allowed me the opportunity to improve my advocacy skills by competing against teams from across the country. I am interested in labor and employment law so the Wagner Competition was perfect.”

“I found so much professional and personal growth during the Staton Competiton and knew I wanted to continue with that growth into the spring,” Hayes said. She will be chief justice of IU McKinney’s Staton Moot Court during the 2024-2025 academic year. “The Wagner competition was a way to learn about a new area of law that I had no experience with and allowed be to continue to develop my appellate advocacy skills. The competition has been a major highlight of my law school career thus far!”

In the photo from left are Farrah Goodall, Tyler Kelly, and Brooklyn Hayes.