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Chicago-Kent College of Law Captures 58thAnnual National Moot Court Competition
at the New York City Bar Association
Second-Place Honors Go to
University of ColoradoSchool of Law
New York, NY –Chicago-Kent College of Law won the final round of the 58thAnnual National Moot Court Competition on Thursday, January 31, 2008, at the New York City Bar Association. Members of the winning team included: Joanna Brinkman, Lalania Gilkey-Johnson and Rachel Moran.
University of Colorado School of Law took second-place honors. Team members included: Abraham Alexander, Grant Sullivan and Michael Wautlet.
Best Brief honors went to the University of California School of Lawat Davisteam, whose members included Kathleen Doty, Alacoque Hinga and Irene Zurko. Best Runner-Up Brief went toGeorgeWashingtonUniversityLawSchool whose team members were: Eric L. Klein and Jonathan C. Bond.
Best Speaker was Rachael Moran of Chicago-Kent College of Law and runner-up honors went to Michael Wautlet of University of Colorado School of Law.
The Honorable Deanell Reece Tacha, Chief Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, presided on the final bench. Other members of the final bench were.
The Honorable Richard Andrias
Appellate Division, First Department
The Honorable Julio M. Fuentes
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
The Honorable Theodore T. Jones, Jr.
New YorkState Court of Appeals
The Honorable Roslynn Mauskopf
United States District Court Eastern District of New York
Michel L. Stout
President, AmericanCollege of Trial Lawyers
and
Barry M. Kamins
President, New York City Bar Association
One hundred eighty-nine teams argued nationwide in this year’s competition. The case presented two issues not yet decided by the U.S. Supreme Court:
- Does the Second Amendment protect an individual’s right to “keep and bear” arms for private use?
- Does the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempt a State from exercising its own public health and police powers to regulate the delivery of handgun ammunition?
Twenty-eight winning and runner-up teams from 14 regions across the United States competed in the final rounds of the National Moot Court Competition. The AmericanCollege of Trial Lawyers is a co-sponsor of the competition with the Association’s Young Lawyers Committee.
The following schools were represented in the final rounds of the competition:
BENJAMINN.CARDOZOSCHOOL OF LAW
CAMPBELLUNIV. SCHOOL OF LAW
DUKE UNIV. SCHOOL OF LAW
GEORGEWASHINGTONUNIV.LAWSCHOOL
IIT-CHICAGOKENTCOLLEGE OF LAW
LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. COLLEGE OF LAW
LOYOLAUNIV.CHICAGOSCHOOL OF LAW
LOYOLALAWSCHOOL LOS ANGELES
LOYOLAUNIV.COLLEGE OF LAW NEW ORLEANS
MERCERUNIV.WALTERF.GEORGESCHOOL OF LAW
NEW YORKUNIV.SCHOOL OF LAW
OHIO STATE UNIV. MICHAELE.MORITZCOLLEGE OF LAW
ST. LOUISUNIV.SCHOOL OF LAW
SUFFOLKUNIV.LAWSCHOOL
SYRACUSEUNIV.COLLEGE OF LAW
TEXAS TECH UNIV. SCHOOL OF LAW
UNIV. OF CALIF. AT DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW
UNIV. OF COLORADOSCHOOL OF LAW
UNIV. OF GEORGIASCHOOL OF LAW
UNIV. OF HOUSTONLAWCENTER
UNIV. OF MARYLANDSCHOOL OF LAW
UNIV. OF MINNESOTASCHOOL OF LAW
UNIV. OF MONTANASCHOOL OF LAW
UNIV. OF NEBRASKACOLLEGE OF LAW
UNIV. OF NEVADAWILLIAMS.BOYDSCHOOL OF LAW
UNIV. OF WASHINGTONSCHOOL OF LAW
WAYNE STATE UNIV. SCHOOL OF LAW
WILLIAMMITCHELLCOLLEGE OF LAW
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