American Collegiate Moot Court Association (ACMA)

                          Western Regional Invitational Tournament

                                            December 5-6, 2008

Your students are cordially invited to participate in the Western Regional Invitational Tournament to be held at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) in Long Beach, California.  Long Beach is located in southern California in southern Los Angeles County.  CSULB is 35 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.  Long Beach has its own airport which is very close to campus.  It is also fairly close to LAX and John Wayne International airports. 

The Marriott Courtyard Cypress is offering a moot court rate.  A standard room, king with full size sofa bed sleeper or two double beds, will cost $99.00 plus tax per night good for December 4-7.  This rate will include two full breakfasts in our Courtside Cafe for each day reserved. A king suite would run an additional $20.00 for a rate of $119.00 plus tax with the same amenities. If you forego the breakfast the rate will drop for a standard room to $89.00 plus tax per night. A reduced rate breakfast voucher can be purchased for $7.50.  If you require a room for earlier than December 4 the rate would be $20 higher.  Schools should contact Cherie Sorrentino directly at 714 484 2505 and tell her you are with the Moot Court Association.  For more information on the hotel itself see:   http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-information/travel/lgbcp-courtyard-cypress-anaheim-orange-county/

Two-person teams will be required to present oral arguments in at least three and possibly four preliminary rounds on Friday evening, December 5, 2008.  Teams will represent both petitioner and respondent at least once.  A coin flip will determine sides for the third preliminary round.  The top qualifying teams (the number will depend on the overall size of the field) will advance to compete on Saturday, December 6, 2008.  Written briefs are not required.                                                                                                            

Interested teams are invited to email Lewis Ringel at Lringel@csulb.edu and to return the registration form found on the web site.  The registration fee is $ 50.00 per team.  No team will compete without paying this entrance fee.  Food and beverage will be provided Friday evening and Saturday morning and afternoon.   More information is available at:

http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/polisci/mootcourt/

I look forward to seeing you at the Western Regional Invitational Tournament in December of 2008. If you have additional questions email me to phone me at (562) 985-4708

Dr. Lewis S. Ringel

Department of Political Science

1250 Bellflower Blvd.

CSULB

Long Beach, CA 90840