A Morrison & Foerster associate who recently completed a U.S. Supreme Court clerkship will argue Wednesday against former solicitor general Seth Waxman in a major race discrimination case that involves the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

James Sigel, who clerked for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, will argue in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of a volunteer girls basketball coach who is challenging NCAA policy that bans coaches with felony convictions from participating in certain recruitment events.