Florida State Moot Court team wins National Security Law Competition

The Florida State University College of Law Moot Court Team has won the 2010 National Security Law Moot Court Competition. This year’s competition was held Feb. 13-14 in Washington, D.C., at George Washington University Law School. This is the second time that Florida State has won first place in this competition.

The winning team members were third-year law students Andrew Grogan, from Melbourne, Fla., and Michael Redondo, from Miami, Fla. Judge Brad Thomas of the Florida First District Court of Appeal was their coach.

“We are all very proud to be celebrating another victory by our Moot Court Team,” said College of Law Dean Don Weidner. “This superb win comes just one week after the team won first place in this year’s national Religious Freedom Moot Court Competition.”

Florida State defeated Cornell Law School in the final round of the National Security Law Moot Court Competition. Twenty-two teams participated, including those from Baylor Law School, Brigham Young University Law School, Duke Law School and the University of Michigan Law School. Richard Klingler, former general counsel to the National Security Council, Patricia Wald, former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and James Woolsey, former director of the CIA, judged the final round of competition.