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The moot court team of Concord Law School of Kaplan University won second place in the Fourth Annual Constance Baker Motley National Moot Court Competition in Constitutional Law on Saturday, June 20. The Concord team—Marjorie Daily and Thomas Fleming—fell to a team from Stanford University to become the first fully online law school to ever win the runner up position in this competition held during the American Constitution Society’s 2009 Annual Convention in Washington.

“The faculty, administration and students at Concord Law School are extremely proud of the moot court team and their performance in this competition,” said Barry Currier, J.D., President and Dean of Concord Law School. “Concord has been providing working professionals with the flexibility and convenience of a

high-quality online legal education for more than 10 years. Their performance here demonstrates the breadth and depth of the legal education we provide and speaks to the quality of our student body.”

Daily of Indiana and Fleming of Colorado presented their arguments around questions of whether U.S. citizens can invoke the jurisdiction of federal courts to challenge warrantless wire tapping conducted by the federal government. Sixty-five teams competed in the event. The final round included only two teams—one from Concord and the other from Stanford. As the second-place team, Daily and Fleming took home a $2,000 cash prize.


About Concord Law School

Concord Law School of Kaplan University boasts an enrollment of 1,500 students across the country and around the world. Nearly 900 have completed the JD and EJD programs. A recent milestone was the school’s 10th anniversary, celebrated in 2008. The formal merger of Concord into Kaplan University in the fall of 2007 made Concord the first online law school to be part of a regionally accredited institution of higher education. Kaplan University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Concord is also accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council, a nationally recognized accrediting agency. Additionally, Concord is an institutional member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the International Association of Law Schools. For more information, visit www.info.concordlawschool.edu : .

Concord Law School of Kaplan University is part of Kaplan Higher Education, which serves more than 114,000 students through 70-plus campus-based schools and online operations across the United States and abroad. It also has online programs through Kaplan Virtual Education and Kaplan University. Kaplan Higher Education schools offer a spectrum of academic opportunities, from high school diplomas to graduate and professional degrees, including a juris doctor degree. Kaplan Higher Education is part of Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). For more information, visit www.portal.kaplan.com : .



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