Bench & Bar May/June 2026

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UK ROSENBERG COLLEGE OF LAW AND BEREA COLLEGE HOST AMCA FINAL ROUND OF NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

U ndergraduate students from 19 univer sities across the country participated in the American Moot Court Association Final Round of the National Tournament held Saturday, Feb. 21 – Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, co-hosted with Berea College. This year marked the first time the final round of the undergraduate moot court competition was held at UK Rosenberg College of Law. The collaboration with Berea College started in 2022 when the two schools teamed up to co-host the Blue grass Regional Undergraduate Moot Court Tournament, a qualifier for the national tournament. The success of that tourna ment led to UK Rosenberg College of Law and Berea College co-hosting one of the

national series of tournaments leading to the crowning of the national champions in 2024 and 2025. The undergraduate schools represented in this year’s final round of the tourna ment were Baylor University; College of Wooster; California State University, Ful lerton; California State University, Long Beach; Georgetown University; Liberty Uni versity; Macalester College; Patrick Henry College; Regent University; Standford Uni versity; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Davis; University of California, Santa Barbara; University of Central Florida; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; University of Southern Cali fornia; University of Texas at Arlington; University of Virginia; and Yale University. Local attorneys and judges, including many

UK Rosenberg Law alumni, as well as law faculty, volunteered to serve as justices for each round of the tournament. Current law students also volunteered to serve as bailiffs and justices. American Moot Court Association officials, Berea College volunteers and UK Rosen berg College of Law staff worked together to run the tournament over two days. The undergraduate students competed in every classroom throughout the law building before moving to the G. Chad Perry III Grand Courtroom for the final round on Sunday afternoon. Katie Cassady and Eric Mathemeir of Lib erty University took home the first-place trophy. The runners up were Patrick Henry College students Haley Bock and Luke Buck.

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