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HMCE Competitions for 2011-2012:
HMCE selects several national competitions to compete in each year. These competitions bring in the top law students from the best law schools in the country to tackle a specialized area of the law. Santa Clara Law's finest legal writers and oral advocates will represent our school in the following competitions this year:
New York City Bar National Moot Court Competition
November 10-11, 2011 (Regionals)
San Francisco, CA
Hosted by University of California, Hastings College of the Law
January 30 - February 2, 2012 (Finals)
New York, NY
Hosted by the New York City Bar Association
Competitors Selected in April 2011:
Team 1:
Mary Procaccio-Flowers (Oralist)
Matt Clendenin (Oralist)
Lee-Ann Smith (Brief Writer)
Coached by Professor Ekern
Shadow Team for 2011-2012:
Adam Rust (Oralist)
Sepideh Mousakhani (Oralist)
Team 2:
Sarah Whitney (Oralist)
Brian Pakpour (Oralist)
Carolyn Tang (Brief Writer)
Coached by Mica Estremera, Santa Clara County Public Defender's Office
USD Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition
November 3-5, 2011
San Diego, CA
Hosted by University of San Diego
Competitors Selected in April 2011:
Shannon Lenihan
Jenna Johannson
Coached by Mica Estremera,
Santa Clara County Public Defender's Office
Asylum and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition
February 3-4, 2012
Sacramento, CA
Hosted by University of California, Davis
Competitors Selected in November 2011:
Team 1:
Alyssa Dang
Sita Kutiera
Amy Quan
Team 2:
Liya Arushanyan
Jennifer Bregante
Scott Idiart
Coached by Professor Evangeline Abriel
National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
February 23-25, 2012
White Plains, NY
Hosted by Pace Law School
Competitors Selected in September 2011:
Diana Fazely
Jamie Ormond
Jeremy Treanor
Coached by Professor Kenneth Manaster
Jerome Prince Evidence Competition
March 29-31, 2012
Brooklyn, NY
Hosted by Brooklyn Law School
Competitors Selected in November 2011:
Eric Foster
Brice Hamack
Alexis Wong
Coached by Professor Ellen Kreitzberg
National Animal Law Competition
February 24-26, 2012
Los Angeles, CA
Hosted by UCLA School of Law
Competitors Selected in November 2011:
Legislative Drafting Competition:
Krista Katerra Martin
Appellate Moot Court Team:
Lisa Morrish
Peter Veysey
Coached by Aaron Lodge, Esq.
Law Offices of Martini & Lodge
Whittier Law School Juvenile Law Competition
February 3-4, 2012
Costa Mesa, CA
Hosted by Whittier Law School Center for Children's Rights
Competitors Selected in November 2011:
Keith Bayley
Patrick Hensleigh
Coached by Melissa Dague O'Connell,
Santa Clara DNA Project Staff Attorney
Thomas Jefferson School of Law Sports Law Negotiation Competition
September 23-25, 2011
San Diego, CA
Hosted by Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Competitors Selected in August 2011:
Sebnem Kimyacioglu
Corey VanHouten
Coached by Ryan Hilbert, Manatt Phelps & Philips, and
Wynn Silbermann, Morgan Advisory Group
UCLA Cyber Crimes Competition
April 6-8, 2012
Los Angeles, CA
Hosted by UCLA Law School
Competitors Selected in October:
Michael Fedalen
Amy Zheng
Coached by Eric Hutchins
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, SCU Team Sponsor
Sutherland Cup Constitutional Law Moot Court
March 23-24, 2012
Washington, DC
Competitors Selected in November:
Annie Laurie Abriel
Benjamin Broadmeadow
Coach by Professor Angelo Ancheta
International Law Moot Court Competitions (with the Center for Global Law and Policy)
HMCE works closely with Santa Clara Law's Center for Global Law and Policy to field competitors for several well-renowned International Law moot court competitions:
Pace International Criminal Court Moot
February 10-12, 2012 (Regionals)
White Plains, NY
Hosted by Pace Law School
Competitors Selected in April 2011:
Cooper Green
Eric Ruehe
Sam Forbes-Roberts
Coached by Professor Beth Van Schaack
Jean-Pictet Competition
April 14-21, 2012
Location: South Africa
Competitors Selected in April 2011 and November 2011:
Julia Gin
Bernadette Valdellon
Greg Williams
Coached by Professor David Sloss
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
February 24-26, 2012
Location: Portland, OR (Regionals)
Washington, D.C. (Finals)
Competitors Selected in April & August 2011:
Amy Askin
Yan Li
Jacob Minne
Shikha Mittal
Coached by Professor Kathleen Kelly Janus
Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Competition
March 19-25, 2012
Hong Kong SAR, China
Competitors Selected in August & September 2011:
Michelle Davis
Amanda Richey
Andrew Salzman
Marc Wiesner
Coached by Professor Arthur Gemmell
Intellectual Property Moot Court Competitions (with the High Tech Law Institute)
HMCE works with Santa Clara School of Law's High Tech Law Institute to send competitors to the following Intellectual Property competitions:
Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition (Trademarks and Unfair Competition)
February 11, 2012 (Regionals)
San Francisco, CA
March 17, 2012 (National Final)
Washington DC
Competitors Selected in September 2011:
Team 1:
Christopher Creech
Jacob Vigil
Team 2:
Sebnem Kimyacioglu
Martin Kopp
Coached by Jeremiah Armstrong,
McDermott Will & Emery
Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition (Patents)
March 2012 (Regionals)
Silicon Valley, CA
April 2012 (National Final)
Washington, DC
Competitors Selected in September 2011:
Team 1:
Wesley Helmholz
Tiffany Ngo
Team 2:
Johanna Jacob
Andre Krammer
Coached by Fabio Marino
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
BMI Entertainment and Communications Law Moot Court Competition (Copyright)
March 15-18, 2012
New York, NY
Hosted by Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School at Yeshiva University
Competitors Selected in September 2011:
Sam Miorelli
Claudine Wong
Coached by Eugene Hahm, Manatt Phelps & Phillips, and
Ryan Hilbert, Sheppard Mullin
Drexel Intellectual Property Law Lawyering Meet
February 23-24, 2012
Philadelphia, PA
Hosted by Earle Mack School of Law, Drexel University
Competitors Selected in November 2011:
John Dombrowski
Rachel Fischbein
Coached by David Tollen
Adeli & Tollen LLP
ABA Competitions 2011-2012
In addition to the competitions above, HMCE co-sponsors the following competitions with the Student Bar Association.
ABA Negotiation Competition
November 5-6, 2011 (Regionals)
Santa Clara, CA
Hosted by Santa Clara University School of Law
Competitors Selected in October 2011:
Team 1:
Alison Gilmore
Sherrett Walker
Team 2:
Ean Sewell
Corey VanHouten
Coached by Professor Jeffrey Hare
ABA Client Counseling Competition
February 18-19, 2012 (Regionals)
Sacramento, CA
Hosted by University of California, Davis School of Law
March 16-17, 2012 (Finals)
Durham, NC
Hosted by North Carolina Central University
Competitors Selected in November 2011:
2012 Team:
Emily Ellison
Camille Perrine
2013 Team:
Doug Dionne
Sarah Sanders
Coached by Professor Scott Maurer
California Bar Association's Environmental Negotiations Competition
March 23, 2012
Los Angeles, CA
Hosted by UCLA School of Law
Competitors selected in January 2012:
Team 1:
Steven Barbieri
J.P. Rose
Team 2:
Marie McCann
Ryan Thompson
Coached by Professor Ken Manaster and outside attorneys:
Rita Chan, Santa Clara Valley Water District, and
Elizabeth Pianca, Santa Clara County Counsel's Office
