Student Honors Programs

John Marshall has five honors programs that include three journals (the John Marshall Law Review; the Journal of Computer and Information Law; and the Review of Intellectual Property Law), the Moot Court Honors Program, and the Trial Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Honors Program. Students have an opportunity to practice appellate advocacy and trial advocacy skills, including arguing cases in front of judges, within competition with teams from other law schools.

John Marshall enters student teams in more than 30 interscholastic competitions nationwide each year. Selected competitions include:

• National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition
• Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition, sponsored by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition, sponsored by the National Black Law Students Association
• Hispanic National Bar Association Moot
  Court Competition

Hispanic National Bar Association Competition

Pictured below are Anselmo Duran (left) and Abraham Sandoval (right), who won both First Place and Best Respondent's Brief in the 2009 Hispanic National Bar Association Competition. They are shown with their coach, Professor Damian Ortiz.

Frederick Douglas Moot Court Competition

The John Marshall Law School team of Crystal Brown (center) and Jason Cooper (right) -- pictured below -- won second place in the 2009 Midwest Region of the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition, sponsored by The National Black Law Students Association.  They were coached by John Marshall Professor Samuel Jones (left) and Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Joselynne Gardner (J.D. '06) (not pictured).

Trial Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Win

The John Marshall Law School team of Brandon DeBerry, Aleksandra Spevacek, Meredith Shane and Matt Sims (pictured below), coached by attorneys Lance Northcutt (JD '02) and Mark Hitt, won second place out of 14 teams at the 2009 American Association of Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition.