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The Barristers’ Council Appellate Division Presents The 60th Annual
Beaudry Moot Court Competition
Final Round
Thursday, March 31st At 8pm in Hart Auditorium
Justices
Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, The United States Department of Justice
Chief Judge Andrew S. Effron, The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Judge Diane S. Sykes, The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Justice Helen E. Hoens, The New Jersey Supreme Court
Judge Thomas F. Hogan, The United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Counsel for Petitioner
Deborah L. Gruen Jeffrey P. DeSousa
Counsel for Respondent
Nathaniel D. Cullerton
Christopher R. Deluzio
• ADR News •
2011 Everett Bellamy Negotiation Competition: This year's ADR intra-school spring competition was the most competitive and most successful ADR competition ever. We had over 150 competitors for only 16 team slots. Each competitor negotiated two rounds on Feb. 26 and Feb. 27 and the top 16 were selected to negotiate in front of an esteemed panel of practitioners and faculty. This year's Bellamy winner is Dominic Carucci (L '12). In addition, this year we named the competition after Dean Everett Bellamy because of his dedication to the ADR Division. During the past decade, Dean Bellamy has been instrumental in the creation of the ADR Division and we believe this is an excellent way to thank and honor him for his initial vision and continued support of the ADR Division of Barristers' Council.
International Commercial Mediation Competition (ICC - Paris): Senayt Rahwa (L '11), Julie Polovina (L '12), and Vikram Kapoor (L '12) defeated over 50 other teams to place in the top 8 teams at this notoriously competitive mediation competition in Paris. They spent the past six months preparing and cemented Georgetown Law's reputation as a ADR powerhouse.
ABA Regional Negotiation Competition: In November 2010, ADR sent two teams (and coach Steve Altman) to the competition hosted by Regent University in Virginia Beach. Of a field of 28 competitors, Alexander Tanenbaum (L ’12) and Mike Crenshaw (L ’12) took home first place overall, beating out both the host school and various other Mid-Atlantic ADR schools. By winning regionals, they qualified to compete in the ABA National Negotiation Competition, where they reached the semifinals in a field of 24 schools, narrowly missing a place in the national finals. Both competitions required intense preparation and research into novel areas of Intellectual Property Law, and involved 50 minute negotiations against other teams while being observed by coaches, judges, and other spectators.
• Mock Trial News •
Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition: Ayotunde Otukoya (L ’11), Chidinma Ume (L ’11), Edward Mitchell (L ’12), and Jaustin Ohueri (L ’11) took first place in the Mid-Atlantic Regional, maintaining Georgetown’s traditionally strong performance. At the National Finals in Houston, the team advanced to the quarterfinal round and Ayo was awarded National Best Advocate First Runner-Up.
National Trial Competition: Trisha Pasdach (L ’11) and Dan Starck (L ’12) took first place in the NTC Regionals, beating out rivals from the University of Maryland and getting a berth in the National Finals. They brought home the regional trophy for the first time since their coach, Amy Jaquette Collen (L ’06), won the tournament.
This represents the first time in Georgetown’s history that both the Thurgood Marshall and NTC first place trophies will be on display in the lobby of Hart Auditorium.
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico Trial Advocacy Competition: Stacey Kime (L '11), Bryan Kennedy (L '11), Palmer Heenan (L '11), and Elisabeth Sperle (L '11), finished second overall. This tournament, one of the nation's most prestigious, invitation-only competitions, hosted ten of the country's most competitive trial advocacy teams. The Georgetown team defeated three teams to arrive at the final round, where they lost in a hotly contested trial to Harvard University.
• Moot Court News •
Our team of Ginny Sorrell (3L), Shane Kelly (2L), Emily Bruemmer (2L), and Zach Neumann (2L) advanced to the international rounds of the
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. The team won the award for best memorial, and Ginny Sorrell was ranked as the second best oralist overall. Zach Neumann was ranked 22nd overall. The team advanced to the Mid-Atlantic Super Regional Finals (in a field of 26 teams) and narrowly came in second to American University in the final round. They will compete in the international rounds in March in Washington, DC. They were coached by the talented Christian Pangilinan (3L) and Jack Mellyn (3L).
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Two Georgetown teams swept the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Regional in Baltimore! Jason Outlaw (2L) and Tiffany Wright (2E) won First Place and Ife Hassan (2L) and Janea Sears (2L) took First Runner-Up. Jason and Tiffany won best Petitioner Brief and Ife and Janea won best Respondent Brief. Both teams will be advancing to Nationals in Houston. They are coached by Jonathan Osborne (3L) and Alex White (GULC Class of 2010).
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Andrew Miller (2L) and Bryan Quinn (2E) competed admirably in the National Telecommunications Moot Court Competition with tough panels of telecommunications experts and held their own in the face of very hot benches. The team was ably coached by Dave Yellin (3L).
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Zach Warren (2L) and Stephen Davis (3L) represented Georgetown well at the Baltimore regional of the Young Lawyers' National Moot Court Competition and kicked off our Appellate season with a great performance. They were coached by the talented Kim Allen (3L) and Jason Smith (3L).
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Congratulations to Matt Murrell, champion of the 2010 Leahy Moot Court Competition! Mr. Murrell was joined in the final round by Emily Bruemmer, Zach Perez, and Shane Kelly. The finalists argued before a distinguished panel of judges, including The Honorable Paul Friedman of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; the Honorable Jeffrey Howard of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the Honorable Kathryn Oberly, the Honorable Eric Washington, and the Honorable Stephen Glickman, all of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
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The Appellate Advocacy Division was pleased to host several distinguished practicing appellate advocates to Georgetown on October 27, 2010. The panelists, Ms. Dori Bernstein, Mr. David Frederick, Mr. Deepak Gupta, Ms. Leondra Kruger and Ms. Cate Stetson, discussed their career paths and theory of oral argument and will offer their advice to aspiring appellate advocates. Professor Irv Gornstein moderated the event. To view a webcast of the event, please click here.
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