Dear Friends of The National Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition,

We are pleased to announce that the 2005 Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition is open for registration.  We have an exciting and challenging problem thanks to the dedication and hard work of the Asian American Bar of New York. 

As a special note, this year's competition will be held earlier than usual due to a change in the NAPABA Conference schedule of which the Tang finals are an integral part.  Therefore, we NEED to get the word out ASAP.

As you may know, The Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition was spawned in 1993 by the APA Law Student Association of the South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas. It is now administered by the NAPABA Law Foundation and the NAPABA Judicial Council. The Competition honors the late Judge Thomas Tang, a champion of individual rights, an advocate for the advancement of minority attorneys, an ardent supporter of NAPABA and the moot court competition. Judge Tang served on the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1977 until his passing in 1995. Judge Tang’s wife, Dr. Pearl Tang, continues the legacy and participates every year.

The Competition is open to all students but is especially designed to reach out to APA law students and provide them with an opportunity to showcase their writing and oral advocacy skills and compete for scholarships totaling $10,000 which are generously sponsored by the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

This year's regional competitions are currently scheduled for the weekend of September 30th with Nationals being the weekend of October 21st in the Windy City of Chicago!

The problem, rules, registration forms, and complete details can be found on the Thomas Tang website at:  http://www.napaba.org/napaba/showpage.asp?code=moot

For additional information, please feel free to contact me or Judge Alvin T. Wong (contact information on the website).  If contacting Truda via email, please use thomastangmootcourt@yahoo.com if you are using an internet-based email account (ex: yahoo, hotmail, netscape, etc.) as this account cannot receive use emails.

We look forward to your participation in this year's Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition!

Judge Alvin T. Wong
Truda K. Chow
Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition National Co-Chairs