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Moot Court Round-up Appellate Moot Court Board shines this spring Two Appellate Moot Court Board teams excelled at the American Bar Association Client Counseling Competition Feb. 12-14. Tom Pié (3L) and Carly Loomis-Gustafson (2L) emerged as semifinalists. The team of Moe Al-Bidhawi (2L) and Hillary Cox (3L) defeated the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in the semifinal round and finished in second place overall. David Frantz, L’15, coached both teams. Duquesne also advanced at the National Appellate Advocacy Competition Feb. 18-19. NAAC is one of the largest moot court competitions in the country. The team of Cezanne Tollari, Alyssa Dedola and Jamie Spithaler defeated teams from Barry University School of Law and Drexel University School of Law in the preliminary rounds and advanced to the semifinals. At the conclusion of the competition, the team was awarded Third Best Brief. Professor Erin Karsman coached the team. Two Duquesne teams participated in the National Energy and Sustainability Moot Court Competition hosted by West Virginia University, March 3-5. The teams of Bruce Castor, Cynthia Howell and Jeff Childs and Kara Beck, Filip Rams and Liz Mylin advanced through the preliminary rounds to the quarterfinals. Students Carly Loomis-Gustafson and Robert Shope coached both teams. Moe Al-Bidhawi and Hillary Cox with coach David Frantz
Luke Watterson and Hillary Weaver
Our 3L students once again had an excellent showing at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Bar Association Competition in Washington, D.C. March 3-April 1. Hillary Weaver and Luke Watterson reached the semifinals and finished in third place overall. Watterson was awarded Best Oralist for the competition, making this the second consecutive year Duquesne Law has taken that award. Alyssa Sweeney and Dave Zimmermann advanced through three preliminary rounds and made it to the quarterfinals, for which only eight teams were selected. Thirdyear student Adam Tragone coached the two teams. Kate Montgomery (4E) and Devon Ferris (3L) finished in the top four of 36 teams in Brooklyn Law School’s Dean Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition March 31-April 2, one of the most prestigious moot court competitions in the country. Marty McKown, L’15, coached the team. Finally, third-year students Chloe Zidian and Jill Denicola finished as semifinalists and won Second Best Brief out of 24 teams from across the country at the National Moot Court Competition in Law & Religion, Touro Law Center, April 7-8. The team was coached by students Moe Al-Bidhawi and Brook Dirlam, along with Frank Stoy, L’12.
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