NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL TEAM WINS INTERNATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION
Noyan Tapan
Apr 2, 2010
LOS ANGELES, APRIL 2, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Congratulations
to two seniors from North Hollywood High School in the Los Angeles
Unified School District (LAUSD) who recently traveled to Duke
University in North Carolina where they won first-place in an
International Moot Court competition. Of 42 competing teams, which
included eight additional two-person teams from North Hollywood High
School, Catherine Smith and Krikor Kouyoumdjian emerged victorious
and undefeated following five preliminary rounds in which they
successfully argued both sides of a complex constitutional legal
issue. Their coach is Paul Landau.
In addition to first-place honors, North Hollywood High School
won three top individual Best Speaker awards: Krikor Kouyoumdjian
finished first, Catherine Smith placed second, and Michael Rale
earned third-place honors. Kaya Zekioglu and Janna Lowensohn, also
representing North Hollywood High School, received fifth and seventh
place recognition, respectively, reported
From: Baghdasarian