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Minnesota Law Students Perform Well in National Online Moot Court Competition
Minnesota Law students fared well in the National Online Moot Court Competition, which was held online the week of Jan. 16, 2022.
The Law School’s team of three standout students completed eight arguments over three days to advance to the quarterfinal round. The team overcame a number of unanticipated logistical challenges, including having to submit their competition brief during fall final exams.
![Minnesota Law students Steven Vincent, 2L, Kate Seivert, and Alexandria Yakes, 3L, earned a spot in the quarterfinals](/sites/law.umn.edu/files/styles/medium/public/2022-02/Moot_Court_Group.jpeg?itok=e-fc6-Oz)
Minnesota Law Students Make Strong Showing at McGee Moot Court Competition
Minnesota Law students and teams fared well at the William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition, which, for the first time in its history, was held entirely online.
The 2021 competition was held March 5-6. Student competitors and volunteer judges met in a Zoom courtroom for the arguments. A volunteer “bailiff” was in the Zoom room ready to help with any tech-related questions. In another first, the championship round was livestreamed on YouTube.
![Moot Court](/sites/law.umn.edu/files/styles/medium/public/moot_copy.jpg?itok=FX8lVR6u)
Law School Hosts National Moot Court Regional, Performs Well in Competition
Minnesota Law hosted a regional round of the National Moot Court Competition on Nov. 22-23. Thirteen teams from across a four-state region came to the Law School to compete in brief writing and oral advocacy.
![The Law School’s Petitioner team, comprised of 3Ls Kris Wathne, Sarah Allen, and Conor Shaull, advanced to the National Moot Court finals competition in New York City](/sites/law.umn.edu/files/styles/medium/public/wathne-allen-shaull-moot-court-news.jpg?itok=NgWkGLkB)
Prof. Brad Clary ’75 Receives Prestigious Legal Writing Achievement Award
Professor Brad Clary ’75 has been named the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Thomas F. Blackwell Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in the field of legal writing.
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Frank Guenthner ’18 Wins Burton Award for Legal Writing
The Burton Foundation has announced that Frank Guenthner ’18 is the winner of a 2018 Distinguished Legal Writing Award—one of only 15 students from U.S. law schools to be so honored. In the 19 years since the award’s creation, Law School students have received it 10 times.
![Frank Guenthner '18](/sites/law.umn.edu/files/styles/medium/public/frank-guenthner18-news.jpg?itok=uzMbOW-5)
International Moot Court Team Wins Competition in Mumbai
On its first trip outside U.S. borders, the Law School’s International Moot Court Competition team took first-place honors in the D.M. Harish Memorial Government Law College International Moot Court Competition, held February 9-11 in Mumbai, India. (The team, which focuses on issues in international law, typically competes in events held in the United States.) At the Mumbai event, the 19th annual D.M.
![Left to right: Dante Cade Harootunian ’19, Li Xu ’19, Nicole Georgette Marling ’19](/sites/law.umn.edu/files/styles/medium/public/mumbai-intl-moot-court-victory-news.jpg?itok=HU07UlGw)
National Moot Court Competition Team Advances to Finals
The Law School's National Moot Court Competition teams achieved outstanding results at the Region 14 tournament held at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul Nov. 16-18, winning a best brief award and sending one team on to the national finals.
![Left to right: 3Ls Erin Conlin, Christopher Ruska, Kelsey Fuller](/sites/law.umn.edu/files/styles/medium/public/erinconlinchristopherruskakelseyfuller-natlmootcourt2017-news.jpg?itok=X7V4FUbc)
Students Win IP Moot Court Regional and Local Competitions
Law School students Katie Ziomek (’17) and Kristin Emmons (’17) won a pair of recent intellectual property moot court competitions.
In a regional competition in Boston, Ziomek and Emmons defeated teams from Columbia Law School, Georgetown Law, Boston University School of Law, Suffolk Law School, and the University of New Hampshire School of Law. The victory earned them entry into a national IP moot court competition next month in Washington, D.C.
![Left to right: Emily Wessels (’14), Kristin Emmons (’17), Katie Ziomek (’17), Katie Muller](/sites/law.umn.edu/files/styles/medium/public/ip-students-competition-win-news_0.jpg?itok=Kom0dg0_)
National Moot Court Competition Teams Make Strong Showing at Region Tournament
The Law School’s National Moot Court Competition teams achieved outstanding results at the Region 14 tournament at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, this past weekend, sweeping the best brief awards and sending one team on to the national finals.
![3Ls Andrew Knaak, Brittany Gefroh, Andrew Leiendecker, Samuel Thompson, Rudolph Dambeck, and Sean Rinehart](/sites/law.umn.edu/files/styles/medium/public/moot-court-team-fall-2016-news.jpg?itok=AUE_MUZm)
Mock Trial and Moot Court Teams Hit the Road for Competitions
Mock trial and moot court teams from the Law School were extremely busy in late February, traveling near and far for national competitions.
• Two mock trial teams from the Law School spent three days participating at the regional level of the annual Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition. Both performed well, finishing 5th and 10th overall out of 24 teams.
![Texas Young Lawyers Competition Mock Trial Moot Court Group Photo](/sites/law.umn.edu/files/styles/medium/public/texas-young-lawyers-competition-group-photo.jpg?itok=xNEIkXRW)