Congratulations to the 2017 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competitors

The Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition is the appellate moot court competition for Marquette law students and is the capstone event of the intramural moot court program.  Students are invited to participate based on their top performance in the fall Appellate Writing and Advocacy course at the Law School. 

Congratulations to the participants in the 2017 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition:

Ambrose (Mitch) Bailey
Bryn Baker
John Binder
Meredith Donaldson
Corinne Frutiger
Jacob Heuett
Hayley Kresnak
A.J. Lawton
Ben Lucareli
Nathan Oesch
Robert Ollman
Courtney Roelandts
Anjali Sharma
Ashley Smith
Elisabeth Thompson
Tsz King Tze

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Our December Bloggers Are Here

Please join me in welcoming our two guest bloggers for the month of December.

Our Alumni Blogger for December is Christopher “Chal” Little.  After graduating cum laude from Marquette University Law School, Chal joined Meissner Tierney Fischer & Nichols as an Associate this year.  At Marquette he served as an Academic Success Program Leader, participated in the American Association for Justice 2016 Student Trial Advocacy Competition, was a member of the Moot Court Executive Board, the Business Law Association, and was the Marquette University Law School Student Liaison to the Wisconsin Bar Association Appellate Practice Section.  While in law school, Chal also served as a Summer Honors Intern at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C..

Our Student Blogger for the month of December is Anjali Sharma.  Anjali is currently 2L who is interested in Patent Law as well as Transactional Law. She is on the board of the Intellectual Property Society, and serves as a member of the Intellectual Property Law Review. She graduated from the University of North Dakota prior to coming to Marquette Law School.

We look forward to your posts!

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Marquette Teams Win Best Petitioner Brief and Best Respondent Brief at NMCC Regionals

I had the privilege of working with two outstanding National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) teams again this year. The Region VIII round of the NMCC was hosted by Marquette November 19-20, 2016.

Please congratulate team members Kayla McCann, Emily Tercilla, and Samuel (Micah) Woo, who received the highest brief score in the competition and award for best Petitioner’s brief. Attorneys Jason Luczak and Max Stephenson coached the team.

Please also congratulate team members David Conley, Andrew Mong, and Kiel Killmer for their performance at the competition. The team had the top placing Respondent’s brief and advanced to the quarterfinals (top eight teams). Attorneys Jeremy Klang, Jesse Blocher, and Michael Cerjak coached the team.

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