Jacob Schriner-Briggs is member of nationally-ranked YSU Moot Court Team

2017 Aug 24

Jacob Schriner-Briggs of Youngstown, OH (44511), is a member of Youngstown State University's Intercollegiate Moot Court program, which ranked 6th in a newly released listing of the 2017 Top Programs in Intercollegiate Moot Court. Schriner-Briggs is a English major.

YSU advanced five spots over last year's 11th place ranking and came in higher than schools such as Texas A&M University, Duke University and the University of Chicago. YSU's Moot Court Team has qualified for the national tournament for the past eight years.

Last fall, students competed in the Great Lakes Regional Moot Court Tournament at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan. YSU teams took first and third out of 38 teams, qualifying them for the national tournament at Stetson University College of Law in Florida. At the national tournament, the team of Samantha Fritz of Canfield and Jacob Tomory of Canfield finished in the top eight in the country; the team of Andrik Massaro of Canfield and Jacob Schriner-Briggs of Liberty finished in the top 16.

Other members of the YSU Moot Court Team who will be competing this year include: Moataz M. Abdelrasoul, Mellicent M. Costarella, Brian Darcy, Isabella A. Davis, Sophia Fennell, Erik Glasgow, Rachel E. Gobep, Jacob A. Graffius, Alicia Herman, David C. Hofsess, Nadine P. Jones, Alyson D. Kirchens, Jason C. Long, Miranda Parke, Audrey J.Schoenike, Stamos P. Sfikas, Marissa Snyder and Caroline Smith.

The team is coached by Paul Sracic, chair, Politics and International Relations.

The rankings were compiled by the American Moot Court Association and are based on the average win total of teams over a three-year period.

The purpose of the American Collegiate Moot Court Association is to educate undergraduate students about the American legal system, American jurisprudence, and the work of American attorneys. A Moot Court competition is a simulated legal argument before hypothetical appellate courts.