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Florida Coastal Tops Loyola Chicago in Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Competition

David Hollander, Katherine Peters, and Cory Simmons of Florida Coastal School of Law won the 2005 Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Competition. Joining them in the final round were Mark Criniti, Abigail Peluso, and Sara Robinson of Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Winning the Best Brief award were Kathleen Casani, Timothy O'Shea, and Colleen Tierney of Chicago's John Marshall Law School.  Ms. Robinson of Loyola was honored as the tournament's Best Oralist.

Also reaching the semifinals were Ms. Casani, Mr. O'Shea, and Ms. Tierney of John Marshall, along with Patricia Swain, Kelly Craven, and Jamie Chanin of the Pepperdine University School of Law.

The Loyola team won the award for second-place brief, with the Florida Coastal team finishing third.  Ms. Casani of John Marshall won the award for second-best oralist; Mr. Hollander of Florida Coastal was honored as the third-best oralist.

The CBA tournament drew its largest field ever:  22 teams.  Until recently, this competition was a backyard brawl for Chicago-area law schools.  It is now national in scope, with this year's field representing every region of the country.

Sound Administration: South Texas Wins State Administrative & Public Law Championship

Kathy Dawson, Ryan Haun, and Catina Haynes from South Texas College of Law won the Eighth Annual State Bar of Texas Administrative and Public Law Moot Court Competition in Austin.  They defeated a team from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in the final round.

Ms. Dawson, Mr. Haun, and Ms. Hayes also won the tournament's best brief award.  Kristin Burns of Baylor Law School was honored as the top oral advocate.

As those of you familiar with interscholastic tournaments could guess, Texas's statewide competitions are hotly contested affairs that showcase some remarkable student advocates.  This is STCL's second win since last spring in a statewide tournament; our report of its win in the TYLA competition is here.

STCL's account of the Admin Law competition is here; Baylor's is here.

West Bengal National (India) Tops Cleveland-Marshall in International Environmental Law Competition

Students from West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata, India won the Tenth Annual International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, sponsored by Stetson University School of Law.  Also reaching the competiton's international final round were David Edelstein, Jay Finegan, and Stephanie Heibertshausen from the outstanding moot court program at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Rounding out the international final four were teams from two California schools:  University of California Hastings College of Law and Pepperdine University School of Law.  Other international quarterfinalists were University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, Southwestern University School of Law, and Amity Law School in New Delhi, India.

The award for Best Memorial went to UC Hastings, with Southwestern taking second place.  Ms. Heibertshausen of Cleveland-Marshall was honored as the best oralist in the final round.  Two Southwestern students, Edward Wiley and Nanette Reed, took the top two oralist awards for the preliminary rounds.

Additional results from the international finals are posted here.  Stetson's press release regarding the results is here.  Cleveland-Marshall's account is here.