“We had expected that if invited to regionals it would be in New York,” Kim says. “However, we learned that the teams in each regional were picked for geographic diversity to give each regional a broad scope of views on EU law.”

An intensive period of preparation began. Practice arguments took place with Professors George Brown, Tom Carey, Frank Garcia, Zyg Plater, Ileana Porras and other volunteers. Joe Mueller, BC Law 2000, an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr who had been helping coach the Jessup team, offered to travel to Madrid with the team as a coach.

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