Please congratulate the winners of the 2025 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition: Aaron Steines and William Welder. Congratulations also go to finalists Suzanne DeGuire and Connor Reed.

Aaron and William received the Franz C. Eschweiler Prize for Best Brief. Aaron received the Ramon A. Klitzke Prize for Best Oral Advocate.

Special thanks to the judges of the final round: the Honorable Paul Thissen, the Honorable Shelley Grogan, and the Honorable Rachel Blise. The time and support of all our judges is greatly appreciated.

The teams in the 2025 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition have distinguished themselves in their excellent advocacy. Many thanks to John Caucutt and Daniel Underwood and the Marquette Moot Court Association for organizing the competition well. We appreciate all the judges who grade briefs and come to the Law School to hear the oral arguments; we could not host this competition without their assistance.

The following teams advanced to the quarterfinal round:

Team 9 – Sydney Kojis and Mikayla Collins

Team 10 – Elizabeth Hansen and Rachel Sweet

Team 19 – Ava Mares and George Certalic

Team 28 – Reese Gee and Anna Pyle

Team 36 – Mario Hernandez and Isabella Gonzalez

Team 40 – Isabella Barnard and Ananda Deacon

Team 41 – William Welder and Aaron Steines

Team 51 – Connor Reed and Suzy DeGuire

The competition was especially fierce at the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds. Two teams—William Welder and Aaron Steines, and Connor Reed and Suzy DeGuire—emerged successfully from those rounds and will compete on Tuesday evening at the Lubar Center.

Best of luck, teams!

Congratulations to the following 2025 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition participants: 

Isabella Barnard 
George Certalic 
Mikayla Collins 
Ananda Deacon 
Suzanne DeGuire 
Mallory Gault 
Reese Gee 
Isabella Gonzalez 
Elizabeth Hansen 
Mario Hernandez 
Dylan Hunn 
Michael Klein 
Sydney Kojis 
Jacob Leonard 
Ava Mares 
Hunter Phillips 
Andrew Pietroske 
Anna Pyle 
Connor Reed 
Anthony Sikorski 
Aaron Steines 
Rachel Sweet 
Peter Tabili 
William Welder 

Good luck, teams!