Pittsburgh, PA, USA—On February 18, 2017, Sikh law student Tejkaran Kaur became the first Sikh to ever win the best oral advocate award in the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition. The Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition is a national moot court competition that takes place every year.
Tejkaran Kaur is currently perusing her law degree at the Washington and Lee School of Law. She is a third year student and has a full merit scholarship. As a practicing Sikh, Tejkaran wears a turban and is the only Sikh at her school. As a turban wearing female in a primarily Caucasian school, she stands out due to her distinct Sikh identity.
At this years Fredrick Douglass inter-school competition, her legal knowledge, her passion and articulation stood out from the rest. This annual competition is meant to allow law students a platform where they can develop skills and compete for the title of best advocate. The competition focuses primarily on public and civil rights law, along with topics of particular relevance to communities of color.
Every year hundreds of students from law schools across the United States, compete in front of tough judges. The students are judged on their presentation and oral ability as well as knowledge of the law. Tejkaran Kaur was the only Sikh at the competition.
Tejkaran Kaur has been an active member of the Sikh Community, her whole life and has participated in countless symposiums, gurmat camps and Sikh youth programs. In undergrad, she founded the Queens College Sikh Club. With her law degree, she hopes to fight for the social justice our religion is based on.
Thanks for all of the kind words. It is all the grace of my guru and the blessings of my panth family.
Congrats to this young woman! Wish her all the best. Imagine if Sikhs had their own country, we would have young Sikh courageous leaders and intellects like her all over the planet but instead we have our Punjab controlled by evil Indian government that has poisoned the youth and an entire generation with drugs and killed thousands of braves Sikhs who fought oppression. The Khalsa one day will rise and evil Indian government that supports satan and the devil and evil will be defeated by the power of Sikh gurus we will defeat this evil government that thinks they can tear down our Akal takht with their tanks and bombs and then just get away with is in the name of “national security” yes only a so called demoecatic nation like India blows up gurdwaras and kills innocent people with tanks and machine guns in the name of national security while banning all the press and media….. why you so evil India? You will pay the price for your evil deeds, be afraid of god
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Keep up the good work!
Guru Fateh Heartiest Congratulations
WAHEGURU JI DI KIRPA – CONGRATULATIONS!!!!