Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Competition

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This competition is sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division of the Chicago Bar Association and takes place in the Dirksen Federal Building each November.  The competition simulates an appellate argument before the Supreme Court of the United States.

The recent topics have been as follows: (1) whether an extra-jurisdictional arrest performed by a security officer violated the Fourth Amendment; (2) whether a state broadcast of the execution of a condemned prisoner live over the internet violates the First Amendment rights of the prisoner; and (3) whether the Safer Schools Anti-Terrorism Act, which banned the possession of certain items on school grounds, was constitutional.  The competition's official website is at: http://www.chicagobar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Moot_Court_Competition.

During the 2009-2010 academic year, Colleen DeRosa and Phillip Murante were Quarterfinalists and won the Best Brief award; Whitney Hutchinson and Phillip Nava were Octofinalists.  In 2009, Clinton M. Crosier and Omar Sweiss were Quarterfinalists  Justin J. Garcia, Marcos E. Esparza, and Karl H. Mundt  advanced to the Octofinal round. In 2006, Adrienne Detanico and Francella Ochillo advanced to Quarterfinals and won Best Brief.  In 2005 Kathleen Cassani, Timothy O'Shea, and Colleen Tierney placed Third in the and competition, won Best Brief, and Kathleen Cassani was awarded Second Best Oralist.

2011-2012 Chicago Bar Association Teams

Joseph Menges, Julianne Zagrans, and John Schinka

Robin Sowizrol, Alexandros Stamatoglou, and Florence Pittman

2010-2011 Chicago Bar Association Teams

Ryan Wangler, Rhonda Briggs, Daniel Broderick and Coach Mary Nagel

Amy Cullnan, Ramon Estrada, and Jason Veit

Coached by Joanne Hodge