University of Pennsylvania Law School - Report Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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THE KEEDY CUP THE KEEDY CUP is an annual award given for excellence in brief writing and oral advocacy. Every year, teams of two men each from the second year submit brief and must be prepared to argue either side of a current controversial case selected by the Department of Legal Writing. The cup is named after former Dean, now Profes- sor Emeritus, Edwin R. Keedy. Dean Keedy presenting the cup to J, Harold Flannery and Peter B. Spruance, winners of the competition. i

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An integral part of every Law Club,s program is a moot court competition for its First Year members. A problem case is as- signed, and the students in pairs prepare an appellate brief Which they argue before a court com- posed of Second and Third Year members. The winning teams from the various clubs Will com- pete against each other in the Spring for the Harrison Cup, a prize instituted this year. May it please the Court . . . The Court en banc.

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Judge Charles S. Desmond, of the New York Court of Appeals, congratulates J. Harold Flannery, Jr., Winner of the award for the best individual oral argument. Teammates Howard Gittis and Peter B. Spruance look on. .. . THE NATIONAL MOOT COURT THE NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, annually sponsored by the Young Lawyers Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, featured ninety-four participating law schools in this yearis competition. The Law School is justifiably proud of its team which brought the championship home for the flrst time. Wm i; 0;; w. The silver-tongued ora- tors with their sterling trophies.