Two Wayne State University Law School students have placed second in the Luke C. Moore Civil Rights National Moot Court competition held recently at Howard University in Washington, D.C. William B. Clifford Jr. of Grand Rapids and Suzanne Miller of Royal Oak were finalists in the competition and won the "best brief" award.

Clifford and Miller argued a problem involving two issues: whether a school district desegregation order should be dissolved and whether a high school admissions policy violates the 14th Amendment.

The problems assigned to teams in the competition at the university were in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case.

Wayne State Law School teams have made their mark in national competition in recent years. A year ago, a WSU team claimed first-place honors in Moot Court finals competition held in New York City. The Wayne State students defeated several teams from law schools around the country in regional and finals competition.

Wayne State University is a premier institution of higher education offering more than 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to more than 33,000 students in metropolitan Detroit.