Two weekends ago, six Outlaws headed to LA for the National Sexual Orientation Moot Court competition. We argued a case about a child named Luke, whose foster fathers were prevented from adopting him because of "New Texico" state law. (Let me know if you want a Luke & the Petitioners "Adoption Denial Tour 2007" tshirt because we are definitely making some).The two teams spent many hours over the previous months reading up on Constitutional and family law, Bluebooking, mooting our oral arguments (thanks, Steve, Foz, Pepin, and Prof. Thomas!), and racing directly from the printers on Sub-3 to the post office, and then directly from there to the Brown Jug.
In LA, we went to the beach, woke up early to do oral arguments, and afterwards visited a bar in West Hollywood (where, we later learned from an In Touch magazine in the airport giftshop, Britney Spears had been spotted the week before). Since we were all still in our suits at the bar, one woman there thought we were Mormons. And loudly proceeded to tell us so. We also found the best brunch spot in Westwood, enjoyed temperatures about ten times as warm as Ann Arbor's, and managed to make it back to Michigan without forgetting anybody's suit bag. Definitely a successful trip, and one for which we're really grateful for the Outlaws' assistance.
more pictures here.
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