Four Connecticut law students have earned a trip to San Francisco, California, to represent the state at the Hispanic National Bar Association's 2018 Corporate Counsel Conference.

The annual Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition brings teams of law students from across the nation to argue a case currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. As summarized by Kean Zimmerman, one of the volunteer coaches, “This year's competition is based on the 'wedding cake case' currently under consideration by the high court [Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission], and the hotly debated First Amendment issue of whether a baker may refuse to fulfill an order for a same-sex ceremony.”

In 2017, the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association spearheaded a partnership with two Connecticut law schools and successfully helped prepare teams from UConn Law and Quinnipiac Law to compete in Miami. Positive feedback from the students and coaches ensured a return to competition this year.