Congratulations to the 2016 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 2016 Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition:

Barry Braatz
David Conley
Robert Copley
Samuel Draver
Isabelle Faust
Alexis Guraz
Christopher Hayden
Ashley Heard
Amber Horak
Megan Kaldunski
Alexandra Klimko
Alicia Kort
Jessica Lothman
Alan Mazzulla
Kayla McCann
Sara McNamara
Andrew Mong
Brittany Running
Rexford Shield
Amardeep Singh
Emily Tercilla
Natalie Wisco
Samuel Woo
Kiel Zillmer

 

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Welcome January Bloggers!

A new year and a new month have started.  That means it is time to welcome our guest bloggers for the month of January.

Steven Wah is our Student Blogger this month. He is currently a student in the part-time program.  Steven started at Marquette in the Fall of 2011 and hopes to graduate in the Spring of 2016. Steven is a Senior Tax Manager at General Electric and a graduate of their Financial Management Program and Corporate Audit Staff. His experiences with GE have included banking in Eastern Europe and the Nordic countries, internal audit investigation, establishing accounting and risk policies, and due diligence related to various acquisitions. Steven and his wife, Heather, have one daughter and live in Wauwatosa. Upon graduation, he plans to stay with GE as internal tax counsel and support child advocacy needs in Southeast WI.

Jason Roberts is our Alumni Blogger for January.  He is a Legal Analyst with Thomson Reuters in Portland, Oregon. Jason is a proud 2010 graduate of the Law School.  His area of expertise is global value added tax determination and compliance. He also is a part-time faculty instructor at Portland Community College, where, among other topics, he teaches tattoo artists about licensure and other legal issues relevant to the tattoo industry.

Welcome, and we look forward to your posts.

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Marquette Quarterfinalists at NMCC Regionals

Marquette hosted the Region VIII round of the 66th Annual National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) this weekend, which included fourteen participating teams.

I was pleased to work with two strong, dedicated teams.  Larissa Dallman, Jeremy Klang, and Chal Little advanced the quarterfinal round.  Attorneys Emily Lonergan, Jason Luczak, and Max Stephenson coached the team.  Alexandra Don, Christopher Guthrie, and Lauren Maddente also competed and were coached by Attorneys Sue Barranco, Jesse Blocher, and Mike Cerjak.  Both teams put in many hours preparing for competition.

The NMCC is sponsored by the New York City Bar and the American College of Trial Lawyers. Over 180 law schools compete across the country.  I am grateful for the time donated by the Marquette Moot Court Association, and in particular, Alex Ackerman, who chaired this event.  Numerous judges and attorneys from around the state (and even from around the country) took their weekend time to travel to Marquette to judge the oral arguments, or earlier, to grade briefs.  We rely each year on their dedication to this event, and we truly appreciate their help.

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