2009-2010 MOOT COURT BOARD - NEW MEMBERS

 

The Moot Court Board is responsible for organizing and administering all of the Moot Court activities of the Law School. The Board facilitates all Moot Court competitions, whether they are in-house competitions or external competitions to which our teams are lucky enough to travel. The three main internal competitions the Moot Court Board organizes each year are: Pirtle-Washer Oral Arguments, First Year Oral Arguments, and the First Year Oral Argument Competition.

 

Aaron Dyke

Aaron Price

Andrew Swafford

Ben Basil

Blake Nolan

Brian Bennett

Cameron Griffith

Connie Barr

Daniel Cameron

Eric Lowe

Heend Sheth

James Fischer

Jamie Izlar

Jared Sawyer

Jennifer Leong

Maddie Schueler

Marilyn Osborn

Mark Fendley

Nathan Chittick

Phil Lawson

Roz Cardini

Samantha Zeghers

Whitney True

 

 

Congratulations to all of our new members!!

	Congratulations to Ben Basil, winner of the 2009 First-Year Oral Advocacy Competition! Appellant, Ben Basil, and Appellee, Courtney Phelps, advanced from the semi-final rounds to compete in the final round. They were both commended by the judges for an exceptional performance.
Ben Basil	Courtney Phelps
Ben Basil and Courtney Phelps (seated)	Members of the audience
The Honorable Chief Judge Danny J. Boggs, Judge Ann O'Malley Shake, and Judge McKay Chauvin presided over the final round of arguments.

The National Moot Court team, the Law School's flagship moot court team, will hold try-outs next week.  The regionals for the National Moot Court competition are held each November in Richmond, Virginia, and the finals are held in New York in January or February.

All students, including current 1Ls, are invited to try out.  Students interested in trying out for the team must sign up for a time to present their oral argument on Wednesday, April 8, Thursday, April 9, or Friday, April 10.  The oral argument counts for 50% of your tryout score.  The sign up sheet is located on the Moot Court Board door.  The deadline for signing up is 4:00 on Monday, April 6.

Students must also submit a brief (can be, but does not have to be, your BLS brief) to Professor Marcosson in his office by 4:00 on April 6.  The brief will count for 50% of your tryout score.

Questions may be addressed to Professor Marcosson or Steve Mattingly, Brian Stempien, Duffy Trager, or Barry Dunn, or the members of last year's team.

Congratulations to Courtney Phelps, Blake Nolan, Ben Basil and Whitney True for making it to the Final Four 1L Moot Court Competition.

This is the lineup:

Courtney Phelps  v.  Blake Nolan
Ben Basil  v.  Whitney True 

For details about the final round and the celebration planned following it, please click on this link: http://www.law.louisville.edu/node/3073

The Moot Court Board is holding an information session regarding applying for membership for the 2009-2010 school year this Friday, April 3, 2009 directly following the 1L Lawyering Skills Class at 10:30 am in Room 275. Please attend this meeting if you are interested in becoming a Moot Court Board Member because we will be addressing important information.  We look forward to seeing you there.

In addition to the Moot Court Board Informational Meeting at 10:30 am on Friday, April 3 we will also be holding one at 2:20 on Friday, April 3 in Room 075. If you are interested applying to be on the Board for next year please attend one of these meetings. We look forward to seeing you there.  

The Moot Court Board would like to thank all of the students who competed in the Law School's first ever 1L Oral Argument Competition. Every competitor was extremely qualified and the scores reflected the immense preparation by each of you.

With that said, the following competitors have made it to the quarter final round:

• Courtney Phelps
• Marilyn Osborn
• Jared Sawyer
• Blake Nolan
• Ben Basil
• Eric Lowe
• WhitneyTrue
• Tommy Sturgeon

The competitors will be arguing on Wednesday as follows:

Time	Appellant	Appellee	Location
3:00	Courtney Phelps	Marilyn Osborn	Allen Courtroom
4:00	Jared Sawyer	Blake Nolan	Allen Courtroom
5:15	Ben Basil	Eric Lowe	Allen Courtroom
6:00	Whitney True	Tommy Sturgeon	Allen Courtroom

                                      
The Board would also like to thank all of the judges, students, and professors who helped make this competition possible today.

The Moot Court Board will have a mandatory meeting at 12:10pm in Room 071 on Wednesday, April 1.  Several issues will be addressed during this meeting:

1) We will finalize/summarize this year
2) We will hold an election for the one contested position: Internal VP (Pirtle Washer)
3) We will let the new board begin outlining its plan for the future.

The Moot Court Board would like to wish Lucas Vance, Calvin Duncan and Michael Andrew Haile good luck as they compete in the Wagner Moot Court Competition at New York Law School this week.

Good Luck!!

The Moot Court Board will be hosting its first 1L appellate oral argument competition. There will be four rounds to the competition: a preliminary quarter-final, semi-final, and championship round. There will also be a certificate and monetary award for both the first and second place competitors.

Possible competitors are encouraged to attend an informational meeting that will be held Monday, March 9, at noon (room to be announced).

A sign-up sheet will be on the moot court board door beginning March 11, and the deadline for signing up is Wednesday, March 25.

Contact Barry Dunn or Algeria Ford for more information prior to the meeting.

"Do we reward criminals?"  Using this line, Algeria Ford began the series of arguments that would lead the team of Algeria Ford, Leah Campbell and Brian Pollock to beating out 43 other schools to reach the quarterfinals of the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC) at Pace Law School over the weekend.  The team displayed excellent oral advocacy skills during the preliminary rounds, including recognition for Brian Pollock as Best Oralist, allowing them to advance. 

Coach Cary Peter, an alumnus, helped guide the team to the school's irst appearance in the quarterfinals at this competition.  The team ould like to thank everyone who provided assistance by acting as judges s we prepared.