Third year GW Law student Evan Matsuda was selected as Best Oral Advocate at the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court World Championship in Paris, France. Evan and his teammate, third year Jonathan Clark, were finalists in the competition, finishing second.
The team was coached by Professor Henry Hertzfeld, Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs in the Space Policy Institute at the Elliott School of International Affairs. This is the fifth time Professor Hertzfeld has coached a team to the World Championship.
Both Tom McMurry, NASA Deputy General Counsel, and another international lawyer were present at the event and did a practice moot with the team before the Final Round. They were very impressed and promised an event at NASA to celebrate the great performance.
Congratulations to all!
“The bench was extremely hot and began asking tough questions even before anyone could get a full sentence out. Our team did exceptionally well.”
Professor Hertzfeld
