Moot court tournament

YOUNGSTOWN

Four teams of Youngstown State University students will compete in the national moot court tournament today and Sunday at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

The teams are: Michael Factor and Allyson Cooper, who qualified by placing fourth overall in the Rubber City Regional, which included 24 teams of competitors; Moataz Abdelrasoul and Caroline Smith, who qualified by placing second at the Midwest Regional, which included 30 teams; Brian Duricy and Mellicent Costarella, who reached the final four at the Midwest Regional; and Samantha Fritz and Jacob Tomory, who placed second in the Great Lakes Regional, which included 46 teams.

It is the 10th-consecutive year YSU’s nationally ranked moot court program has competed in the national contest.