Moot Court Competition: March 2007

Each year the competition has improved and expanded, and 2007 was no exception. The Moot Court was held March 9-10, 2007, with Justice Anne Burke, Justice Sue Myerscough, and Justice William Holdridge serving on the final panel, which was held at the State of Illinois Building.

The following individuals also served as judges during this year’s Moot Court proceedings:

Brian Bassett
Paul Berks
Brian Bianco
Kathleen Bianco
Jeff Ditmar
Robert Dow
Gary Feinerman
Krista Frick
James Geis
Ben Goldgar

Hugh Griffin
Eric Hanson
Katherine Harris
Ryan Henderson
Scott Howie
Linda Kagan
Sandra Kupelian
John LaBarbera
Ruth Masters
Tim McPike

William Morgan
Rita Novak
Steve Omolecki
Michael Rothstein
John Schmidt
Jonathon Schwartz
Evan Siegel
Marcie Thorp
Keely Traux
Russ Veldenz

The competition’s winner, the team of Lubna El-Gendi, Lauren Lukoff, and Maren Solberg from Chicago-Kent Law School, also won the award for Best Brief. Southern Illinois University’s Joe Roark won Best Oral Argument. The winning team received a monetary scholarship of $500, and two $250 scholarships for Best Brief and Best Oral Argument were also awarded.

This year the Association waived its entry fee for the competition and expanded the number of schools invited, which resulted in seven teams competing. They were:

Team 1: Loyola Law School—Tim Brennan, Blair Russell
Team 2: Loyola Law School—Tim Kerrigan, Jackie Helmrick
Team 3: University of Illinois (Urbana)—Sangmee Lee, Ryan Sawyer, Alexandra Taylor
Team 4: John Marshall—Bradley Bertkau, Lindsey Beukema, Peter Lynch
Team 5: SIU—Jennifer Kelly, Greg Odom, Sarah Ward
Team 6: SIU—Jamie McCarthy, Joe Roark, Nick Williams
Team 7: Chicago Kent—Lubna El-Gendi, Lauren Lukoff, Maren Solberg