HMCE congratulates three teams who competed this past weekend, the first external competitions of the spring!

First, SCU Law had two teams who competed in the 5th Annual UC Davis Asylum and Refugee Competition held in Sacramento, CA. The first team included competitors Scott Idiart, Liya Arushanyan, and Jennifer Bregante and the second team included competitors Sita Kuteria, Alyssa Dang, and Amy Quan. The HMCE competition manager was Nedda Alaee.

Both teams were coached by Professor Evangeline Abriel. Among the 21 teams who competed, our teams represented SCU Law extremely well and the team of Scott, Liya and Jennifer finished as quarterfinalists! Moreover, Scott, Liya and Jennifer were awarded 2nd best brief overall out of 21 briefs. Both teams were very impressive during their oral rounds. Out of all the oralists competing, our students truly excelled, and Liya was awared Best Oral Advocate! Congratulations again to both SCU Law teams for all their hard work and great showing at the competition!!

Next, HMCE gives its congratulations to Keith Bayley and Patrick Hensleigh, who competed in the 17th Annual National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition at Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, CA. Keith and Patrick were coached by Missy Dague O'Connell, Staff Attorney with the Northern California Innocence Project and Lecturer at the Law School. The HMCE competition manager was Amy Kennedy. This was SCU's first team entry in this competition. Congratulations to Keith and Patrick for their efforts and trailblazing for SCU at this competition!!

Thanks as well to our coaches and to all who mooted these teams in the weeks leading up to these competitions. HMCE couldn’t do it without your support and expertise!