category: Academics Carson-Newman team wins Tennessee Moot Court Championship category: Academics | December 1, 2025 Carson-Newman University’s Moot Court Team won the 2025 AMC3 competition in Nashville. Pictured are C-N team members, front row, left to right: Keylon Plemons and Molly Bohanan. Second Row: Parker Miller, Douglas Ford, Coleman Byers, Dr. Kara Stooksbury, Sydney Courtney and Anne Marie Richards. (Not pictured is team member Annie Smith.) Carson-Newman University’s Moot Court Team won the Appellate Moot Court Collegiate Challenge (AMC3) held in Nashville, Nov. 20-23.The AMC3 is a groundbreaking program where Tennessee undergraduates argue appellate cases with peers. Tennessee colleges prepare a brief and send legal teams of undergraduates to argue as petitioner and respondent about a legal problem.Over the course of the competition the Carson-Newman team beat out Vanderbilt University, Sewanee: The University of the South, and Belmont University.“I’m so proud of this group,” said Dr. Kara Stooksbury, professor of political science, who serves as C-N’s moot court coach. “They have worked diligently on this case since August. “I am also very grateful for the C-N faculty and alumni who judged practice rounds and offered beneficial feedback to our students. We would not have done as well without their guidance, input, and support.” Students had the opportunity to argue in the Old Supreme Court chamber in Tennessee’s Capitol Building in the semi-finals. They went on to argue against Milligan University in the finals, which was held in Tennessee Supreme Court. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti was the guest judge for the final round.It was Carson-Newman’s first championship since winning the AMC3 in 2019. Carson-Newman University’s Moot Court Team won the 2025 AMC3 competition in Nashville. Pictured are C-N team members, front row, left to right: Keylon Plemons and Molly Bohanan. Second Row: Parker Miller, Douglas Ford, Coleman Byers, Dr. Kara Stooksbury, Sydney Courtney and Anne Marie Richards. (Not pictured is team member Annie Smith.)
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