The Thomas Tang International Moot Court Competition, also known as the Tang, is a moot court competition sponsored by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, attracting participants from law schools in the U.S. and Asia.
The Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition was founded 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 death 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.
1993 John Marshall Law School – Tara Taylor/Anita Michaels
1994 Loyola University Chicago – Jinah Yun/Jennifer Gong
1995 University of Oklahoma – Aditi Dravid/Bonnie Richardson/Kirti Vaidya
1996 Loyola University Chicago – Rana Abbasi/Shenazz Mansuri
1997 Loyola University Chicago – Kristin Corl/Grace Wee
1998 University of California Davis – Sandra Tm Chong/Rochelle Hao
1999 Loyola University Chicago – Stacy Bardo/Esther Hong
2000 Loyola University Chicago – Alison Ozawa/Emmy Wang
2001 Loyola University Chicago – Susan Danial/Zarin Khan
2002 University of Florida – Steven Klein/Bradley Harper
2003 Loyola University Chicago – Julie Kiley/Cindy Nguyen
2004 University of California Hastings – Mervyn Deganos/Bonnie Lau
2005 Southern Methodist University – Melissa Iyer/Michael Ma
2006 Loyola University Chicago – Nicholas Lee/Joy Park
2007 Loyola University Chicago - Caroline Kwak/Huda Krad
2008 Southern Methodist University – Bill Richmond/Lindsey Griffin
2009 University of California Hastings - Yumi Nam/James de los Reyes
2010 University of Pennsylvania - Vivian Lee/Ali Stoffregen
2011 University of California Hastings - Elaine Kuo/Erin Pham
2012 University of Colorado - Surbhi Garg/Leah Gould
2013 University of California Hastings - Byron Huang/Joy Siu
2014 South Texas College of Law - Crystal Dang/Katrisha Shirley
2015 Southern Methodist University - Dorlin Armijo/Emily Liu
2016 Southern Methodist University - Alstyn Bennett/Barret Armbruster
