Gender + Sexuality Moot Court Competition
March 23-24, 2024

Student Bailiffs Needed!

MSU LAW is looking for Student Bailiffs to help with the online competition (ON ZOOM).

Student Bailiffs will:

  • Help facilitate each round of the Moot Court Competition
    (Time Keeping, facilitating zoom issues, etc.)
  • Meet and network with competition judges (alumni of MSU Law and current lawyers, judges, and law professors)
  • Interact with Moot Court Teams from other law schools
  • Gain exposure to Moot Court Oral Arguments and argument styles and strategies to make effective legal arguments.
  • Learn about a new issue and area of law (More information about the specific topic is below).

TOPIC INFORMATION

This year's problem focuses on how previous precedent based on the binary definition of sex can be problematic when adjudicating Title VII claims, including claims that involve multiple genders and sexualities. The first issue involves an employment discrimination claim asking whether conduct that offends multiple sexes and genders can serve as a basis for a hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The second issue pertains to the correct standard of review given the expanding definition of discrimination "because of sex" to establish sufficient evidence of a hostile work environment.

https://forms.office.com/r/p8XcB7PM9Z

Time slots are available on Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morning.

Please contact gsmcc@law.msu.edu if you have any questions.

Gender + Sexuality Moot Court Competition