ADR • Mock • Moot
Georgetown Law Webstory on Barristers' Council
• Moot Court Victories •
Congratulations and our highest praise to the Georgetown teams that dominated this year's Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition National Tournament, winning BOTH First and Second place! Sibo Mack-Williams and Roy Prather III took home this year's National Championship, with Candace Arthur and Diamond Hicks ranking as the National First Runners-Up! This is the first time since 2001 that Georgetown has taken both of the top spots in the nation at this prestigious tournament. Candace and Diamond were also honored with the award for the National Best Brief for the Respondent!
The teams were coached by La Toya Sutton, Marquest Meeks, and Jasmine Krishnan, all Georgetown Law graduates and Barristers' Council alums who donated their time and effort to help bring about this amazing success!
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Congratulations to Daniel Kahan and Haewan Bae for reaching the quarterfinals of the Ruby R. Vale Corporate Law Moot Court competition in Wilmington, DE! They were coached by Joe Gallagher and Colin Forbes.
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Congratulations to Sharon Doku and Daniel Hughes for winning Best Oral Team for the Defendant at the European Tax College Moot Court Competition in Leuven, Belgium. Sharon and Daniel also finished fifth in the overall competition (it’s also important to note that they were forced to take a score deduction because they competed in English, and that point was more than the difference between them and the other semifinalists!). Geoff Rodriguez and Nick Dayton deserve special recognition for coaching and preparing this team so well.
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Congratulations to Jeffrey Morrow and Marisa Michele Armanino for making the final round at the American Constitution Society’s Constance Baker Motley National Moot Court Tournament. Through the preceding five rounds, Jeff & Marisa roundly beat teams from Harvard, Chicago, Rutgers, GW, and Colorado. Also competing (and beaten by implication) were two teams from NYU and *four* from Columbia, as well as a host of other teams from around the country. Jeff and Marisa’s success was made possible by the dedication of their amazing coach, Ben Schuman.
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Congratulations to Shauna Prewitt, George Gilbert, and Chris McRae for finishing second out of 39 teams at the John J. Gibbons Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition at Seton Hall University. The team also won an award for writing the second-best Respondent’s Brief. Special recognition goes to their fantastic coaches Jesse Weiss and Natanyah Ganz.
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Congratulations to Ari Meltzer for winning the 2008 Beaudry Competition here at Georgetown! Ari was joined in the final round by Ryan Creighton, Laura Brookover, and Jeffrey Hantson, each of whom delivered a stellar performance in our largest Beaudry tournament ever. The finalists argued a case based on Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, a 2004 case dealing with the constitutionality of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Georgetown was honored to have a star-studded panel of judges for the final round: U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement; The Hon. Arthur Gajarsa, from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; The Hon. M. Margaret McKeown, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; The Hon. D. Brooks Smith, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; and The Hon. Brett M. Kavanaugh, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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Congratulations to Christian Vidal, Nicholas Austin and Susan Louie for making the Grand Final of the North America Regional Round of the ELSA Moot Court WTO Law competition! This success means that the team will advance to the Final Oral Round in Geneva, Switzerland. Capping off the weekend, Christian Vidal was awarded the prize for Best Orator of the Preliminary Round. The team was coached by Elizabeth Goergen.
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Congratulations to Lindsay Hogan and Sarah Fox for making the final round at the National Environmental Law Moot Court competition! Lindsay and Sarah beat out 69 other teams to make it to finals, with Sarah also taking home the Best Oralist award. They were coached by Kendrick Wilson and Mika Ikeda, last year's National Environmental Law champions.
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Congratulations to our teams who dominated the Frederick Douglass Moot Court competition this year! Roy Prather, III and Sibongile Mack-Williams became this year's champions at the MABLSA Regional Competition. Diamond Hicks and Candace Arthur were the second runner-up squad, and also won the award for the Best Respondent's Brief. Candace also walked away with the Best Oral Advocate prize.
These wildly-successful teams were coached by a panel of Barristers' Council alums: Vicki Hightower, La Toya Sutton, and Marquest Meeks. Our congrats go out to student and coach alike!
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Congratulations to Zathrina Perez and Tony Biagioli for winning Best Brief and making the semifinals at the National Telecommunications Moot Court tournament, held on February 1-2 at Catholic University, here in Washington, DC! THey were coached by Jeff Campione, our Director of Appellate Advocacy, and Meghan Edwards-Ford.
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Congratulations to David Shaw for winning the 2008 Leahy Moot Court Competition! Mr. Shaw was joined in an incredible final round by Sachin Gupta, Daniel Hughes, and Christopher Register. The finalists argued the constitutionality of statutes prohibiting child pornography in front of a star-studded panel that included the Honorable Alexander Williams, Jr., from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the Honorable Cheryl M. Long, from the District of Columbia Superior Court, and Mr. Thomas Goldstein, head of the Supreme Court practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP.
• ADR Victories •
Congratulations to Leah Recht and Anne Nudson, who successfully competed at the Merhige National Environmental Negotiation Competition in Richmond, VA. The pair won both of their preliminary rounds, but did not advance to finals. They were coached by Robin Juni.
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Congratulations to the team of Danielle Brown, Richard Meng, John Stith, and Natalia Napoleon for successfully competing at the The Annual Willem C. Vis (West) International Commercial Arbitration Moot held in Vienna, Austria, March 13rd-19th 2008. The team competed alongside a field of 203 Universities from 52 Countries. Individually, John Stith received Honorable Mention in the Oral Arguments. The team was coached by David Branson, Lynn Fraser, and Mark Kantor.
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Congratulations to the team of Joshua Wiersma, Fang "Maggie" Fang, Jaelyn Edwards, and Kareem Saleh for their outstanding performance at the The Annual Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot held in Hong Kong, March 3rd-9th 2008. The team earned 8th Place overall in Oral Arguments among a field of 52 Universities from 13 Countries. The team also received an Honorable Mention for Respondent's Memorandum. Individually, Joshua Wiersma, Jaelyn Edwards, and Kareem Saleh each received Honorable Mention in the Oral Arguments. The team was coached by David Branson, Lynn Fraser, and Mark Kantor.
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Congratulations to students Toya Carmichael, Robert Cox, Brian Giacometti, and Michen Tah who successfully competed in the 3rd ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris, France. The team did not advance to the finals, but won two of its four preliminary rounds and lost another round in a narrow tie-break. They were coached by Jerry Roscoe, an arbitrator and mediator with Jams, the Resolution Experts in Washington DC.
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Congratulations to students Catherine Clancy, Jee Lee, Lauren Morgan, and Ryan Mrazik who successfully competed in the ABA Mid-Atlantic Regional Mediation Competition in Washington, DC. They were coached by Jerry Roscoe, an arbitrator and mediator with Jams, the Resolution Experts in Washington DC.
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Congratulations to Anya Prince and Geraldine Muir for placing third at the ABA Regional Client Counseling competition! After finishing in first place for both the preliminary and semi-final rounds, Anya and Geraldine put on a stellar performance in the finals, the best showing in school history at the regionals. They were coached by Jessica Boger.
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More congratulations are in order for Brian Corcoran and Henrika Buchanan-Smith, who competed at the ABA National Negotiation Competition in Los Angeles, CA. They put in a stellar effort, winning both of their preliminary rounds.
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Congratulations to Brian Corcoran and Henrika Buchanan-Smith on their 3rd place victory (following a three-way tie for first) at the ABA Regional Negotiation Competition in Wilmington, DE! The two have been invited to the ABA National Negotiation Competition to be held on February 8-9, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA. The team, which also included students Adam Handwork and Josh Bachrach, was coached by Adjunct Professor Steve Altman. Prof. Altman was particularly proud of the way the students worked together to prepare for the difficult elimination rounds, and felt that Henrika and Brian "excelled at balancing a forceful representation of their client with a strong effort to work with the other side to solve problems." We wish them the best of luck in Los Angeles!
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Students Erick Flores, Nancy Dinsmore, Danielle Young, and Cristina Brayton traveled to Birmingham, AL, where they successfully competed in the ABA Regional Arbitration Competition. They were coached by P. Jean Baker.
• Mock Trial Victories •
Congratulations to Ryan Creighton and Ari Meltzer for winning the 2008 William W. Greenhalgh Mock Trial Competition here at Georgetown! Ryan and Ari were joined in the final round by runner-ups James Murdaco and Donald Roth. The competitors argued an emotional case about a deadly highway accident, and who should bear the resulting costs. The Honorable John Bates, from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over the trial. The scoring judges were Amy Collen, an associate at Hogan & Hartson and a Law Center graduate; Elizabeth Curtis, Managing Attorney at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program; and Prof. Jane Aiken from the Law Center.
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Congratulations are in order for Lucy Tufts and Laura Perry, who finished as semi-finalists at the regional level of the National Trial Competition! They were coached by Scott Hinshaw and Amy Collen.
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