Interschool Competitions

2021 - 2022

ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition:

Team 1: Natalie Truong, Ravi Prasad, Michael Gates

Team 2: Kathrine Schulze, Nicole Opendo, Peter Hoffman

Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Moot Court Competition:

Anthony Sotelo, Camille Halley, Taylor Seebold

Seigenthaler-Sutherland First Amendment Competition:

Lance Schimke, Meher Badia, Christine Hanon

Roger J. Traynor California Moot Court Competition:

Vannalee Cayabyab, Mackenzie Barrett

UCLA Cyber Crimes Competition:

Denise Wong, Ping Wang

Robert Wagner National Labor & Employment Competition:

Caroline Perris, Cirrus Jahangiri, Milene Minassians

New York Bar National Moot Court Competition:

Anthony Co, Lena Foellmer

 

 

2018 - 2019

New York Bar National Moot Court Competition:

Zachary Malinski and Hannah Moravec 

University of San Diego Criminal Procedure Competition:

Mayra Sandoval and Catherine Reagan

ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition Teams 1 and 2:

Gymmel Garcia, Anika Nayyar, and Brandon Hargrove; Second Best Brief; Lauren Carbajal, James Connelly, and Alice Park

UCLA Cyber Crimes Competition:

Tanvi Shah and Chase Stone 

Robert Wagner National Labor & Employment Competition:

Ismah Ahmad, Heather Bates, and Harita Nandivada

Seigenthaler-Sutherland First Amendment Competition:

Savana Manglona and Rachel Rubens

Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Moot Court Competition:

Marisela Bernal, Kim Ng, and Alison Corn

2017 - 2018

New York Bar National Moot Court Competition:

Jon Ogata and Rebecca Friedemann

Chicago Bar Competition:

Gavin Deeb and Gin Smith

University of San Diego Criminal Procedure Competition:

Kira Cohen and Jennifer Chaudhary

Jessup International Competition:

Jon Ogata, Rebecca Friedemann, Kira Cohen, Mariana and Chris Moskal (Brief Writer); Third Best Oral Advocate

ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition:

Wyatt Christiansen, Gymmel Garcia, and Gin Smith

Gibbons Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition:

Marisela Bernal and Krystabel Sandoval; Second Best Brief

UCLA Cyber Crimes Competition:

Catherine Reagan and Chris Stansell

Roger J. Traynor California Moot Court Competition:

Anton Swain-GIl and Samantha Castienen

2016 - 2017

National Appellate Advocacy Competition Team 1:

Sharlene Koonce, Jon Ogata; Fourth Best Brief, Regional Finalist

National Appellate Advocacy Competition Team 2:

Rebecca Friedman, Paolo Hermoso and Gin Smith; Fifth Best Brief, Regional Champion, Octofinalists at Nationals

Roger J. Traynor California Moot Court Competition:

Brittany Iles and Anton Swain-Gil; Third Place Overall, Oral Argument Individual Merits Award Recipients

Robert Wagner National Labor & Employment Competition:

Chane Buck, Roza Essaw and Shima Vasseghi

Seigenthaler-Sutherland First Amendment Competition:

Albert DiRocco, Daria Gossett and Kelly Healy

UCLA Cyber Crimes Competition:

Jason Heath and Chance Tseng

Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Moot Court Competition Team 1:

Collin Chandler, Bill Foster and Nick Sweeney

Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Moot Court Competition Team 2:

Angel Castro, Jerry Kipper and Jose Rico

John Gibbons Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition:

Hannah Bogen, Kristabel Sandoval and Diem Ly Vo; Best Petitioner Brief

2015 - 2016

ABA National Appelatte Advocacy Competition

Team 1: Anita Bamshad, Rodolfo Orozco Beas, Cathryn Dalton

Team 2: Jessica Malekos-Smith, Matthew McGuffin, Holly Snead

Roger J. Traynor California Appellate Moot CourtCompetition

Steven Vong, Andrea Abergel, Matt Kearney

New York Bar Association National Moot CourtCompetition

Team 1: Andrea Abergel, Jose Mafnas, Addy Tang

Team 2: Kanu Song, Anita Bamshad, Jacob Rosenbaum

Frank A. Schreck Gaming Law Moot CourtCompetition

Sunny Huynh, Kelly Healy

Thurgood A. Marshall Moot CourtCompetition

James Swearingen, Luke Twomey

Robert F. Wagner Labor & Employment Moot CourtCompetition

Christopher Im, Marissa Morimoto

Seigenthaler-Sutherland First Amendment Moot CourtCompetition

Bryanna Brandalesi, Samantha Mandell

Williams Institute SOGI Moot CourtCompetition

Team 1: Olivia Filbrandt, Peng Shao, Adam Brizzolara

Team 2: Laura Young, Andrew Herbert, Nick Sweeney

Cyber Crimes Moot CourtCompetition

Team 1: Chane Buck, Tiffany Toy

Team 2: Albert DiRocco, Jesse Richardson

Whittier Juvenile Law

Team 1: Stephanie Padilla, Daria Gossett

Team 2: Nick Moore,Collin Chandler

Saul Leftkowitz Moot CourtCompetition

Team 1: Oscar Orozco Botello, Jacob Rosenbaum, Addy Tang

Team 2: Bill Foster, Connor Karen, Michelle Chow

2013 - 2014

New York Bar Association National Moot Court Competition, San Francisco

Daniel Shimell, Rebecca Dreyfuss, Sterling Elmore (Coach: Michael Rhoads) - Regional Semi-Finalist; Second Place Brief
David Carl, Joe Uzarski, Martin Freeman - Regional Quarter-Finalist

ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, San Francisco, Chicago

Alex Hirsch, Nikki Agravante, Berit Elam (Coach: Sarah Gosling) - Regional Champion
Ananth Srinivasan, Tiffany Gilliam, Jessica Hiller (Coach: Jeffrey R.A. Edwards) - Regional Semi-Finalist

Roger J. Traynor California Appellate Moot Court Competition, Los Angeles

Alex Hirsch, Daniel Shimell, Sterling Elmore (Coach: Michael Rhoads) - Appellate Advocacy, First Place; Brief Writing, First Place; Team Oral Argument, Third Place; Outstanding Individual Oral Argument (Daniel Shimell)

Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Portland

John Melis, Daniel Arkof, Junyong Huang, Ronny Hamed, Sammy Duvvuri (Coach: Prof. Angelo DeSantis) - Quarter-Finalist; Eighth Place Oralist (Sammy Duvvuri)

Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, Palo Alto

Adam Hooberman, Mel Lucar (Coach: Daniel Shimell)
Amar Naik, Erin Choi (Coach: Kyle Junginger)

Herbert J. Wechsler National Criminal Moot Court Competition, Buffalo

Johnathan Baldauf, Minal Khan (Coaches: Jared Dolan and Irene Williams)
Mark Ornellas, Zainab Shakoor (Coaches: Phil Ferrari and Todd Pickles) - Second Place Petitioner's Brief

IASLA Space Law Moot Court Competition, Washington D.C.

Andrew Collins, William Moodie (Coaches: Prof. Angelo DeSantis and John Melis) - Semi-Finalist

National First Amendment Moot Court Competition, Nashville

David Christy, Kyle Junginger (Coach: Sterling Elmore)

National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition, Costa Mesa

Linh Nguyen, Steven Vote (Coach: David Carl)
Samantha Chen, Talissa Mulholland (Coach: Kathryn Bilder)

Saul Lefkowitz International Trademark Moot Court Competition, San Francisco

Dawei Chi, Evelyn Mendoza, Nishat Hossain (Coach: Collin Kilpatrick)
Junyong Huang, Radhika Tahiliani, Ryan Lee (Coach: Collin Kilpatrick)

UCLA Cyber Crimes Moot Court Competition, Los Angeles

Adam Bolt, Sean Piers (Coach: Ananth Srinivasan) - Best Brief (Sean Piers)
Hank Nguyen, David Kruckenberg (Coach: Tiffany Gilliam) - Best Overall Oral Advocate (David Kruckenberg)

Williams Institute Moot Court Competition on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Los Angeles

Gagandeep B. Kaur, Gagandeep S. Kaur (Coach: Daniel Shimell)
James Baker, Jeanette Hawn, Sophia Tornatore (Coach: Joe Uzarski)

2011 - 2012

National Criminal Procedure Tournament, San Diego

Ariel Brownell & Anthony Bettencourt

National Moot Court Competition, New York Bar Association, San Francisco

Alana Thorbourne & John Stoller
Kurt Oldenburg, Brittany Sachs & Jan Roos (Top Oral Advocate Regional) – Best Brief (Region), Second Overall (Regional), Advanced to Nationals

ABA First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition, Orlando

Salwa Haddad & Meline Mailyan – Semi-Finalists
Sumair Khan & Christian Acevedo

National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition, Whittier

Julia Luster & Jacques Baritot – Quarter Finalists

Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Moot Court Competition, International Trademark Association, San Francisco

Nathan Zhang, Ian Hlatky, Nima Rahimi & Jared Wigginton – Advanced to Nationals, Third Best Brief (Regional)
Elizabeth Klueck, Kara DiBiasio, Hannah Labaree & Melanie Young – Fifth Best Brief (Regional)

Tulane University Sports Law Moot Court Competition, New Orleans

Brandon Shelton & Collin Kilpatrick

ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, San Francisco

Ariel Brownell, Edward Brown & Chris Magaña
Ryan Norman, Zachary Shultz & Brian Morimune - Finalists

National Animal Law Appellate Moot Court Competition, Los Angeles

Caroline Nasella & Tiffany Tran

Williams Institute Moot Court Competition on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities Law, Los Angeles

Tom Morris & Mitesh Bhakta – Quarter Finalists
Jasmine Tzeng & Matt Pearson – Quarter Finalists

Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition, San Francisco

Dominick Severance & Marc Steiner
Jennifer Maguire & Kunyu Ching

Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Moot Court Competition, New York

Asheesh Kalra & Cristina Chirica
Anthony Bettencourt & Alex Vahdat

IASLA Space Law Moot Court Competition, Washington D.C.

Jim Beck & Tyler Layton (Best Oral Advocate) – Best Team, Best New Team

UCLA Cyber Crimes Moot Court Competition, Los Angeles

Mohammed Osman & Daniel Schneiderman – Second Overall, Sixth Best Brief
Lester Ang & Kristin Charbonnier- Sixth Overall

Robert J. Traynor California Appellate Moot Court Competition, San Francisco

Daniel Choi, Jason Liu & John Stoller (Outstanding Oral Advocate)

2010 – 2011

National Moot Court Competition

Advanced to Semi-Final Round - Scott Grzenczyk, Peter McGuiness, and Will Sheslow
First Place Oral Advocate - Peter McGuiness
Second Place Oral Advocate - Scott Grzencyzk
Fourth Place Brief - Scott Grzenczyk, Peter McGuiness, and Will Sheslow
Advanced to Quarter-Finals - Barbara Borkowski, James Tiehm, and Daniel Watts
Fourth Place Oral Advocate - Daniel Watts
Ninth Place Oral Advocate - James Tiehm
Third Place Brief - Barbara Borkowski, James Tiehm, and Daniel Watts

2009 - 2010

Roger J. Traynor California Appellate Moot Court Competition

Advanced to Final Round - Brett Kinney, Charlene Krider, and Jaclyn Smith
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Oral Argument - Brett Kinney, Charlene Krider, and Jaclyn Smith

AIPLA Giles S. Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition

Advanced to National Semi-Final Round - Krista Celentano and Lauren Carden
Regional Champions - Krista Celentano and Lauren Carden
Regional Best Oral Advocate - Krista Celentano

National Moot Court Competition Regional Round

Best Oral Advocate - Lov Goel

New York Law School Wagner Labor & Employment Law Competition

Top 20 Oral Advocate (of 116) - Josh Eisenberg

National Appellate Advocacy Competition Regional Round

Advanced to Final Round - Lorin Kline, Roey Rahmil, and Kelly Van Aken
Advanced to Semi-Final round - Brett Kinney, Shaudee Navid, and Scott Grzenczyk

AIPLA Giles S. Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition Regional Round
Advanced to Semi-Final Round - Lov Goel and Scott Burkette

National Moot Court Competition Regional Round

Advanced to Quarter-Final Round - Victoria Hassid, Allison Kephart, and Kevin Viau

National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition

Advanced to Quarter-Final Round - Jon Lieberman and Dave Hoftiezer

National Immigration Law Moot Court Competition

Advanced to Quarter-Final Round, Eric Yau, Kyle Morishita, and David Hoftiezer

National Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Law Moot Court Competition

Advanced to Quarter-Final Round, Maila Labadie and Remy Goldsmith

Luke Charles Moore Invitational Civil Rights Moot Court Competition

Advanced to Quarter-Final Round, Karli Bobus, Gurinder Grewal, and Alex Pacheco

2008 – 2009

National Scribes Brief Writing Competition

Third Place, Nabil Bisharat, Mikayla Gow and Eric Toscano

George Washington National Religious Freedom Moot Court Competition

Best Brief and Advanced to semi-final round, Rachel Anderson and Asha Jennings

Vanderbilt First Amendment Moot Court Competition

Best Oralist, Sarah McBride
Advanced to semi-final round, Sarah McBride and Tom Garberson

National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition

Best Brief for the U.S. and Advanced to quarter-final round, Monica Baumann, Gabrielle Janssens and Michael Minkler

National Appellate Advocacy Competition Regional Round

Best Advocate, Nabil Bisharat
Best Brief and Advanced to final round, Nabil Bisharat, Mikayla Gow and Eric Toscano

AIPLA Giles S. Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition Regional Round

Best Appellant Brief, Best Appellee Brief, and Advanced to semi-final round, Lov Goel and Scott Burkette

Roger J. Traynor California Appellate Moot Court Competition

Traynor Award for Oral Advocacy, Hielam Chan, Bina Ghanaat and Candace Jackman

National Moot Court Championship

Advanced to semi-final round, Nabil Bisharat, Megan Bruce and Jenny Chang

National Moot Court Competition Regional Round

Advanced to semi-final round, Jeff Edwards, James Litwinovich and Aisha Hill

National Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Law Moot Court Competition

Advanced to semi-final round, Craig Baumgartner and Amanda Westendorf

National Immigration Law Moot Court Competition

Advanced to quarter-final round, Jon Robles, Kirsten Mickelson, and David Hoftiezer

2007 – 2008

National Moot Court Competition

Best Brief in National Finals, Kate Doty, Ali Hinga and Irene Zurko

National Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Law Moot Court Competition

National Champions and Best Oral Argument, Lindsey Adams, Shawn Bananzadeh and Erin Haney

National Immigration Law Moot Court Competition

National Champions, Julie Schwartz and Julia Wiley

Jessup International Moot Court Competition

Regional Champions, Kate Doty, Jimmy McBirney, Michael Djavahkyan and Sumaira Arastu

National Moot Court Competition

Regional Champions, Kate Doty, Ali Hinga and Irene Zurko

National Appellate Advocacy Competition

Regional Finalists, Nabil Bisharat, Mikayla Gow and Eric Toscano

National Appellate Advocacy Competition Regional Round

Best Oralist, Nabil Bisharat

National Appellate Advocacy Competition

Advanced to final round, Jeff Osofsky and Frances Burns

2006 – 2007

National Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Law Moot Court Competition

Best Oral Advocate, Jeff Osofsky

National Moot Court Competition Regional Round

Advanced to quarter-final round, Ellie Gladstone, Chad Greeson and Jack McKenna

2005 – 2006

Roger J. Traynor California Moot Court Competition

Bernard E. Witkin Excellence in Appellate Advocacy Award, the Roger J. Traynor Award, and Second Place

California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Brief Award, Danny Barak, Austin Bradley & Ella Gower

Vanderbilt National First Amendment Moot Court Competition

Second Place, Danny Barak and Chad Mahalich

Manne Moot Court Competition for Law & Economics

Best Brief and Second Place, Chad Greeson and Jenica Wilkins

National Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Law Moot Court Competition

Second Place, Andrea Fazel, Melissa Schutz and Teri Ann Kezirian

National Moot Court Competition Regional Round

Advanced to semi-final round, Rachael Lamkin, Amy Lee and Ryan Stephensen

Resources

Competitions Lists

ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition 
Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition (U.S. Trademark and Competition Law)
Robert Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Competition
Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition 
NLLSA Moot Court Competition
Seigenthaler Sutherland First Amendment Competition 
UCLA Cyber Crimes Moot Court Competition (2 advocates)
Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC) — PACE

Application

The Application must be completed by Friday, September 2, 2022 at 5:00 PM PST.