Congratulations to 3Ls Olivia Garman and Samuel Simpson for placing in the Octofinals in the National Criminal Procedure Tournament in San Diego. The team’s advisors are Professors Susan Bay and Thomas Hammer, and the team coaches are Attorneys Brittany Kachingwe, Sarah McNutt, and Mary Youssi. All three coaches are former Marquette moot court competitors.
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Congratulations to Marquette’s National Moot Court Competitors
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Marquette hosted the Region VIII round of the NMCC on November 17-18, 2018.
Please congratulate team members Jessica Delgado, Emily Gaertner, and Sarita Olson, who received the highest brief score in the competition and award for best Petitioner’s brief. The team advanced to the quarterfinals. Professor Rebecca Blemberg advised the team, and attorneys Bryn Baker, Veronica Corcoran, and Chal Little coached the team.
Please congratulate Claudia Ayala Tabares, Katie Bakunowicz, and Kelsey Stefka for placing in the semifinal round. I had the privilege of working with this team, and the team was coached by Attorneys Jason Luczak, Brianna Meyer, and Max Stephenson.
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Congratulations to the 2018 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition Finalists
Posted on Categories Legal Education, Legal Practice, Marquette Law School, Public1 Comment on Congratulations to the 2018 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition FinalistsCongratulations to the winners of the 2018 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition, Olivia Garman and Sarita Olson. Congratulations also go to finalists Killian Commers and William Ruffing. Killian Commers and William Ruffing additionally won the Franz C. Eschweiler Prize for Best Brief. Olivia Garman won the Ramon A. Klitzke Prize for Best Oralist.
The competitors argued before a large audience in the Lubar Center. Presiding over the final round were Hon. Goodwin Liu, Hon. Stephen Murphy, and Hon. Lisa Neubauer.
Many thanks to the judges and competitors for their hard work, enthusiasm, and sportsmanship in all the rounds of competition, as well as to the moot court executive board and Law School administration and staff for their work in putting on the event. Special thanks to Dean Kearney for his support of the competition. Thank you as well to the Moot Court Association for its work in putting this event together, and especially 3L executive board members Tsz King Tse, who organized the competition, and Chief Justice Nathan Oesch.
Students are selected to participate in the competition based on their success in the fall Appellate Writing and Advocacy class at the Law School.
Here is a link to the video of the final round.
2018 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competitors Advance to Finals
Posted on Categories Legal Education, Legal Profession, Legal Writing, Marquette Law School, PublicLeave a comment» on 2018 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competitors Advance to FinalsCongratulations to the 2018 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition finalists. The teams advancing to the final rounds on April 19 are as follows:
Killian Commers and William Ruffing v. Olivia Garman and Sarita Olson
We appreciate the judging assistance in the semifinal round of the Hon. Michael Aprahamian, Hon. William Duffin, Hon. Beth Hanan, Hon. Michael Halfenger, Hon. Nancy Joseph, and Atty. Brent Nistler.
Congratulations to the 2018 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition Semifinalists
Posted on Categories Legal Education, Legal Practice, Legal Writing, Marquette Law School, PublicLeave a comment» on Congratulations to the 2018 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition SemifinalistsCongratulations to the students in the 2018 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition who advanced from the quarterfinal round to the semifinal round. These students will be competing at 1 p.m. today:
William Ruffing & Killian Commers v. Alexander Hensley & Claudia Ayala
Jehona Osmani & Emily Gaertner v. Sarita Olson & Olivia Garman
Congratulations to all the teams who competed in the quarterfinals. We appreciated the judges coming out to hear the oralists. Among the judges were a number of Jenkins and moot court alumni, including Natalie Schiferl, who came all the way from Minnesota to judge with her Jenkins partner, Mary Youssi.
Best of luck to the semifinalists!
Jenkins Competitors Move to the Quarterfinals
Posted on Categories Legal Practice, Legal Writing, Marquette Law School, Public1 Comment on Jenkins Competitors Move to the QuarterfinalsCongratulations to the students in the Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition who have moved on to the inaugural quarterfinal round of the competition. The students will be competing on Saturday, April 14 at 1 p.m. to determine who will be advancing to the semifinal round on April 15 at 1:00 p.m.
The teams will be paired as follows:
Emily Gaertner and Jehona Osmani v. Simone Haugen and Anne O’Meara
Olivia Garman and Sarita Olson v. Katie Bakunowicz and Kelsey Stefka
Claudia Ayala Tabares and Alexander Hensley v. Elizabeth Grabow and Zeinat Hindi
Killian Commers and William Ruffing v. Be’Jan Edmonds and Ian Pomplin
Congratulations to all the participants in the competition. We also very much appreciate the judges who grade briefs and participate in the preliminary rounds. This year we had two Jenkins alums, Attorneys Lindsey Anderson and Averi Niemuth, judging together in the preliminary rounds. One of the great things about moot court is how active our alums and volunteers are, and we appreciate their time and assistance every year.
Congratulations to Marquette’s Evans Moot Court Competition Team
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This weekend 3ls Isabelle Faust and Jessica Lothman competed in the Evans Moot Court Competition at the University of Wisconsin Law School. The team advanced to the quarterfinals (final eight), and they were seeded first in that round as well as in the final sixteen. Isabelle was designated the third best oralist in the competition out of 52 individual competitors. Isabelle and Jessica were coached by Attorneys Nick Chmurski, Erin Karshen, Matt Torbenson, Prashant Dayal, and Patrick Ruelle and faculty advisors Scott Idleman and Jacob Carpenter. Their time and assistance is much appreciated. Congratulations team!
Congratulations to Marquette’s Spong Tournament Team
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This weekend 3ls Meredith Donaldson and Ben Lucareli competed in the 47th William B. Spong, Jr. Invitational Moot Court Tournament at William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia. The team advanced to the quarterfinals amidst stiff competition. Meredith and Ben were coached by three moot court alumni: Attorneys Nicholas Chmurski, Stephen Cox, and Matthew Martz. Their time and assistance is much appreciated. Congratulations team!
25th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction: Interview with Andrew Lawton
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The 25th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction on behalf of the Law School’s Public Interest Law Society (PILS) will be held on February 16 at the Law School. Proceeds from the event go to support PILS Fellowships to enable Marquette law students to do public interest work in the summer. Andrew Lawton, a current law student, shares his experience here as a PILS Fellow.
Where did you work as a PILS Fellow?
The United States Attorney’s Office-Eastern District of Wisconsin.
What kind of work did you do there?
The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) prosecutes a wide variety of federal crimes. The case load within the office is diverse, depending on enforcement priorities and actual apprehension of suspected criminals. My work was primarily to draft research memorandum summing up the case law in a specific area of interest to any of the attorneys, which included a wide range of topics from asbestos to armed robbery to human trafficking. But I also drafted court documentation such as motions when needed, and I observed court appearances where I took notes for the attorneys, including in prolonged jury trials.
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25th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction: Interview with Jacob Haller
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The 25th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction on behalf of the Law School’s Public Interest Law Society (PILS) will be held on February 16 at the Law School. Proceeds from the event go to support PILS Fellowships to enable Marquette law students to do public interest work in the summer. Jacob Haller, a current law student, and the Public Interest Student of the Year, shares his experience here as a PILS Fellow.
Where did you work as a PILS Fellow?
The Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office—Milwaukee County Drug Treatment Court.
What kind of work did you do there?
The Milwaukee County Drug Treatment Court is a pioneering specialty court aimed at addressing addiction as a root of criminality. The MCDTC works with non-violent offenders who are facing nine months or more of incarceration. The defendants are given the option to participate in a 12-18 month intensive rehab program supervised by the court. I worked with defendants and their families to ensure that goals set by the court were being met. This meant working with a defendant directly, as well as service providers, district attorneys, and employers to enure the best possible outcome for the defendant and the broader community.
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25th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction: Interview with Grace Gall
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The 25th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction on behalf of the Law School’s Public Interest Law Society (PILS) will be held on February 16 at the Law School. Proceeds from the event go to support PILS Fellowships to enable Marquette law students to do public interest work in the summer. Grace Gall, a current law student, shares her experience here as a PILS Fellow.
Where did you work as a PILS Fellow?
I worked as a PILS Fellow at the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee in the Civil Division.
What kind of work did you do there?
Legal Aid provides free legal service to individuals throughout Milwaukee who cannot afford private legal counsel. I worked mainly on Civil Rights cases for indigent clients who required Legal Aid service. I did several client interviews for cases involving excessive bail or use of segregated housing within jails. I also worked in the Civil Division on cases dealing with Landlord Tenant law. I helped prepare case documents and did research on a variety of topics.
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25th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction: Interview with Shannon Strombom
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The 25th Annual Howard B. Eisenberg Do-Gooders’ Auction on behalf of the Law School’s Public Interest Law Society (PILS) will be held on February 16 at the Law School. Proceeds from the event go to support PILS Fellowships to enable Marquette law students to do public interest work in the summer. Shannon Strombom, a current law student, shares her experience here as a PILS Fellow.
Where did you work as a PILS Fellow?
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
What kind of work did you do there?
The legal services office of Catholic Charities provides immigration and refugee assistance to low-income clients. Over the summer, I got a chance to work on a variety of different immigration petitions and applications. This included responding to Requests for Evidence on a petition to Remove Conditions on Permanent Residency and Special Immigrant Religious Worker petitions, as well as writing briefs for asylum applications, and helping eligible legal permanent residents or refugees apply for naturalization.