Category: Interscholastic Moot Court

Texas Law sent two teams to the ABA Law Student Division National Appellate Advocacy Competition Regional Qualifier held in St. Louis, MO. Ms. Claire Mueller, ’15, was named one of the Top Ten Advocates in the competition. The Texas Law team comprised of Priyanka Dev, ’15, Claire Seitzman, ’15, and Russell Welch, ’16, was awarded […]

Texas Law’s Marta Chlistunoff, ’16, and Jun Zheng, ’16, placed second at the AIPLA Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition Regional Qualifiers in Houston, TX, advancing to the national competition in Washington, DC. Ms. Chlistunoff was also named Best Advocate at the tournament. The team is coached by Meredith Fitzpatrick, ’07, an associate with […]

Texas Law’s team, Edwin Garcia, ’15, Julia Gonzales, ’15, and Leonel Ruiz, ’16, were awarded Second Place Petitioner’s Brief at the 20th Annual Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition in San Antonio, TX. The Texas Law Team is coached by Angelica Salinas Evans, with support of the Chicano and Hispanic Law Students Association.

Texas Law sent two teams to competed at the L. Edward Bryant Jr. National Health Law Transactional Moot Court Competition held at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Team A, C.C. Huang, ’15, Leslie Montalvo, ’15, and Alexcis Nell, ’16, tied for 2nd in the Overall Competition and 2nd in Oral Presentation with the University of […]

Texas Law participated in the Elliott Cup, a preliminary competition for the 23rd Annual Duberstein Moot Court Competition.  More info about the Elliott Cup is at: http://statebaroftexasbankruptcy.com/?page_id=39 Both UT teams advanced to semi-finals.  Daniel Hatoum, ’16, and Lisa Elizondo, ’15, faced SMU in the final round, judged by Bankruptcy Judges Richard Schmidt, Tony Davis, Harlin […]

Lisa Elizondo, ’15, and Daniel Hatoum,’16, take third place honors at the 23rd Annual Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition held in New York. Texas Law fielded two teams in this years competition, Liza Elizondo and Daniel Hatoum, and Kelsi Stayart, ’15, Matthew Buongiorno, ’16, and Keyvash Hemyari, ’16. http://www.abi.org/newsroom/press-releases/southern-methodist-university-dedman-school-law-takes-op-honors-23rd-annual The team is […]

Congratulations to Texas Law’s Marvin Okafor ’15, Chandler Raine ’15, Ashley Nwonuma ’16, Ewaen Woghiren ’15, and Kimberly Daily ’15! They competed at regional rounds of the Fredrick Douglass Moot Court Competition and brought back the following accolades: Chandler Raine & Marvin Okafor took 2nd place (qualifying for the National Competition in Portland, OR, in […]