<p>Widener University Delaware Law School is preparing to mark its 28<sup>th</sup>-annual national interscholastic moot court competition when it welcomes students from 17 law schools from around the country for the event beginning Thursday, March 10.<br /> <br /> The much-anticipated Ruby R. Vale Interschool Corporate Moot Court Competition will run four days at the school at 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington. Moot court competitions allow students to practice skills in a competitive setting that they may eventually use as attorneys making appellate arguments. Students also write briefs in advance of the competition on a topic supplied by the law school in the form of a legal problem.<br /> <br /> The competition introduces participants to the cutting edge of corporate law, an experience Delaware Law is uniquely positioned to provide as the state&rsquo;s only law school. It draws on the resources of its Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law, and on the depth of the state&rsquo;s distinguished corporate legal community, to provide an unparalleled experience for the competitors who travel to the First State. The event is hosted by Delaware Law School&rsquo;s Moot Court Honor Society under the direction of the society&rsquo;s executive board and competition chairperson Helene Episcopo.<br /> <br /> The Distinguished Scholar Lecture is an integral part of the competition and the society is honored to have as this year&rsquo;s speaker Eileen T. Nugent. Nugent is co-head of Global Transactions Practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom LLP. As a mergers and acquisitions partner in the firm&rsquo;s New York office, Nugent has worked on a wide range of some of the most significant public and private merger and acquisition transactions since the mid 1980s. She also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.<br /> <br /> Nugent will deliver a speech titled, &ldquo;Living a Law School Exam Question: Issues Faced by a Practitioner in Applying Selected Provisions of Delaware Jurisprudence in Real Time,&rdquo; on Friday, March 11 at 4 p.m. in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom in the Main Law Building. It is open to the public.<br /> <br /> Lawrence A. Hamermesh, the Ruby R. Vale Professor of Corporate and Business Law, authored the competition problem. The problem involves two issues of stockholder entitlement to appraisal rights in mergers. Litigation involving appraisal rights has expanded significantly in recent years, and these issues have become increasingly important. Although the Delaware Court of Chancery has decided the issues, they have not yet been definitively resolved by the Delaware Supreme Court. And at least on one of the issues, the Court of Chancery has urged the Supreme Court to adopt the opposite result than what existing precedent appears to call for.<br /> <br /> <strong>The media is welcome to join students, staff, administration and faculty in hearing Nugent&rsquo;s remarks on Friday, March 11 at 4 p.m. or watching the final round of competition on Sunday, March 13 at 2 p.m. in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom. Photography is NOT permitted during the final round of competition; however it is welcome at the award ceremony which follows.<br /> <br /> </strong>The final competition round will be judged by Nugent, Delaware Supreme Court Justice James T. Vaughn Jr. and retired Justice Jack B. Jacobs, and Court of Chancery Vice Chancellors J. Travis Laster and Sam Glasscock III.<br /> <br /> The competition is named for Ruby R. Vale, who lived in Milford, Del. and practiced law in Philadelphia. He was a well-respected corporate practitioner and a prolific writer who penned law review articles, books about legal philosophy, justice and the foundations of society. He is best remembered for his multi-volume work, &ldquo;Vale's Pennsylvania Digest.&rdquo; Vale died in 1961. <br /> <br /> The law school is grateful to the Vale family and for the opportunities their generosity has made possible, including this national competition.<br /> <br /> This year&rsquo;s competition participants come from the following law schools:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Southwestern Law School</strong><br /> <strong>Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law</strong><br /> <strong>Marquette University Law School<br /> George Mason University School of Law</strong><br /> <strong>Mercer Law School<br /> Ohio State University Moritz College of Law<br /> Brooklyn Law School<br /> University of New Hampshire School of Law<br /> University of Florida Levin College of Law<br /> University of Miami School of Law<br /> New York Law School<br /> New York University School of Law<br /> University of Oklahoma College of Law<br /> University of North Dakota School of Law<br /> Wisconsin Law School<br /> Georgetown University Law Center<br /> Capital University Law School</strong></p>
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