Tentative Competition Schedule Page 1 of 3 Nineteenth Annual National First Amendment Moot Court Competition Thursday, February 19 7:45 a.m. Bus begins to shuttle back and forth from Embassy Suites to Vanderbilt University Law School (VULS). The last bus leaves at 8:15 a.m. (Note: The hotel is only about a 5 minute walk from the Law School). 8:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Check in begins in the main lobby of the VULS. Orientation for all competitors. First round of competition begins. Please be prepared to depart from the competitor area 15 minutes before your round is scheduled to begin. Flight One 9:00 - 10:30 Flight Two 9:45 - 11:15 Flight Three 10:30 - 12:00 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Lunch begins in North Lobby of VULS. Second round of competition begins. Flight One 12:00 - 1:30 Flight Two 12:45 - 2:15 Flight Three 1:30 - 3:00 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Lunch ends. Beverages and cookies will be available until 4:00 p.m. Third round of competition begins. Flight One 2:30 - 4:00 Flight Two 3:15 - 4:45 Flight Three 4:00 - 5:30 Beverage services close. Reception at the VULS. Power Match pairings announced. First Shuttle from VULS leaves for Embassy Suites. Last Shuttle leaves VULS for Embassy Suites.
4:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 6:25 p.m. 6:45 p.m.
Tentative Competition Schedule Page 2 of 3 Nineteenth Annual National First Amendment Moot Court Competition Friday, February 20 7:45 a.m. Bus begins to shuttle back and forth from Embassy Suites to Vanderbilt University Law School (VULS). The last bus leaves at 8:00 am. 8:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Check-in begins for competitors at VULS. Power Match rounds begin. Round One 8:30 - 10:00 Round Two 9:00 - 10:30 Bus takes competitors to First Amendment Center (FAC). Bus takes competitors to FAC. Lunch served in FAC student lounge for competitors. Quarterfinal pairings announced and posted. Quarterfinal round begins at First Amendment Center (FAC). Bus leaves FAC for Embassy Suites. Quarterfinals end. Semifinal pairings announced. Bus leaves FAC for Embassy Suites. First semifinal round at FAC. Lunch ends. Second semifinal round. Finalists announced. Bus from Embassy Suites to FAC for Final Rounds. Final round. Bus from Embassy Suites to FAC for Awards Reception.
10:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 12:30 - 12:45 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
5:45 p.m. 7:15 p.m.
Tentative Competition Schedule Page 3 of 3 Final round ends. Awards Reception at FAC begins. Buses begin to leave FAC for hotel.
REVISED: 1/5/09