Jenkins Honors Intramural Moot Court Competition
After taking the Appellate Writing and Advocacy class in the fall semester, the top students from each section are given the opportunity to compete against each other in the spring semester in an intramural competition at Marquette Law School, the Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition. In groups of two, they write briefs on one side of the case and then have several rounds of oral arguments, during which they must be prepared to argue both sides of the case. At the end of the competition, the following awards are given out: Franz C. Eschweiler Prize for Best Brief, Ramon A. Klitzke Prize for Best Oral Advocate, Finalists, and Overall Winners.
Jenkins Honors Intramural Moot Court Archive
National Competitions
Third-year students are given the opportunity to represent the Law School in moot court competitions against teams from other law schools across the nation.
Marquette University Law School routinely and successfully participates in a variety of national moot court competitions—typically fourteen or fifteen competitions each year. The competitions span countless areas of law practice, such as bankruptcy law, constitutional law, criminal law, intellectual property law, immigration law, labor and employment law, and sports law. Just a few of the competitions that Marquette Law students participate in are the National Criminal Procedure Tournament, the National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC), the National Moot Court Competition (NMCC), the Mardi Gras Sports Law Invitational Competition, and the Evan A. Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition.
Date | Students | Competition | Result |
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2025 | Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Schimp, Rodrigo Villalobos | Seigenthaler-Sutherland Cup National First Amendment Moot Court Competition | Quarterfinalists; Best Brief |
2025 | Abby Nilsson | Anderson Center Seventh Circuit Moot Court Competition | 2nd Best Oral Advocate |
2025 | Jordan (Taylor) Humphrey, Joshua Petersen, Nolan Ryan | Florida Bar National Tax Moot Court Competition | Finalists (2nd place); 3rd best brief |
2025 | Josephine Napolski and Sydney Wilcox | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Brooklyn, NY regionals | Quarterfinalists |
2025 | Stephanie Dyer, Katlyn Johnson, Caitlin Riordan | Notre Dame National Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious Freedom | Best Brief |
2024 | Emily Kehl and Caitlin Schmitt | National Criminal Procedure Tournament | Octofinalists |
2024 | Grace Barrett, Richard Sternhagen, Mark Tomlinson | Emory Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Competition | 8th Best Brief |
2024 | Morgan Gulledge and Heidi Maier | Anderson Center Seventh Circuit Moot Court Competition | 2nd best brief |
2024 | Dominique Fortune, Savanna Gain, Emily Smith | Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Competition | 4th best brief |
2024 | Matthew Torres and Liam Wilcox-Warren | Dominick L. Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition | Octofinalists |
2024 | Jacob Lloyd, Tyler Porter, Jackson Thiel | William B. Spong Moot Court Tournament | Octofinalists |
2024 | Maia Hentges, Markus Johnson, Cody Linday | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Los Angeles regional | Octofinalists |
2023 | Lauren Hudon and Mikela Ryan | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Quarterfinalists |
2023 | Derik Rush and Daniel Veselik | Emory Law School Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Competition | Octofinalists |
2023 | Annie Gonring and Ron Tenuta | Williams Institute Moot Court Competition | Quarterfinalists; 3rd best brief |
2023 | Jake Apostolu, Hunter Cone, Ilana Friedman | Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition | Quarterfinalists; 4th best brief |
2023 | Brett Blayer, Kyle Kasper, and Alexandra Lear | Mardi Gras Invitational Appellate Sports Law Competition | Quarterfinalists |
2023 | Andrew Holzmann | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Philadelphia, PA regionals | 8th best oralist in region |
2023 | J.P. Curran, Andrew Holzmann, and Abigail Kincheloe | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Philadelphia, PA regionals | Semifinalists; 4th best brief |
2023 | Kyle (Kip) Elderkin, Emily Ward, and Jessica Zimpfer | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Philadelphia, PA regionals | Quarterfinalists |
2022 | Travis Goeden and Ruth Nord-Pekar | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Semifinalists |
2022 | Fefe Jaber and Nicole Jennings | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Quarterfinalists |
2022 | Cameron Rink and Julian Marrufo | National Criminal Procedure Tournament | Octofinalists |
2022 | Cole Bourgeois, Samantha Jozwiak Olexa, and Jenny Lehner | Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition | Quarterfinalists |
2022 | Carsyn Bushman and Lauren Brasington | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) National Competition | Octofinalists |
2021 | Carsyn Bushman and Lauren Brasington | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Finalists; 4th best brief |
2021 | Christopher Vandeventer | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | 5th best oralist in region |
2021 | Alicia Bernards and Christopher Vandeventer | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Quarterfinalists |
2021 | Jay McDivitt, Adam Roznowski, and Lucas Schaetzel | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Chicago, IL regional | Octofinalists |
2020 | Kaitlyn Gradecki and Olivia McQuade | National Criminal Procedure Tournament | Octofinalists; Best Petitioner Brief |
2020 | Darrin Pribbernow, Jake Rozema, Christin Saint Pierre | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Washington, DC regional | Quarterfinalists; 5th best brief |
2020 | Julie Leary | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Washington, DC regional | 9th best oralist in region |
2020 | Charlie Bowen, Julie Leary, Alex Sterling | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Washington, DC regional | Quarterfinalists |
2020 | Caleb Tomaszewski and Adam Vanderheyden | Jeffrey G. Miller Environmental Law Tournament | Quarterfinalists |
2019 | Kylie Kaltenberg, Abby Hodgdon, Kieran O'Day | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Semifinalists; 3rd best brief |
2019 | Brooke Erickson, Micaela Haggenjos, Kylie Owens | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Quarterfinalists |
2019 | Luis Gutierrez, Terreea Shropshire, Nicholas Wanic | Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition | Octofinalists |
2019 | Killian Commers, Hannah Compton, Alexander Hensley | Mardi Gras Invitational Appellate Sports Law Competition | Octofinalists |
2019 | Jad Itani, Elizabeth (Lizzy) King, Travis Yang | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Boston regional | Semifinalists; 3rd best brief |
2019 | Elizabeth (Libby) Grabow, Zeinat Hindi, Anna Meulbroek | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Boston regional | Semifinalists; 4th best brief |
2018 | Olivia Garman and Samuel Simpson | National Criminal Procedure Tournament | Octofinalists |
2018 | Jessica Delgado, Emily Gaertner, Sarita Olson | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Quarterfinalists; highest brief score; best Petitioner's brief |
2018 | Claudia Ayala Tabares, Katie Bakunowicz, Kelsey Stefka | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Semifinalists |
2018 | Andrew (AJ) Lawton and Ashley Smith | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - San Francisco regional | Quarterfinalists; 4th best brief |
2018 | Mitch Bailey, Brian Lanning, Nate Oesch, Courtney Roelandts | Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition—Midwest regional | 7th best Memorial—Midwest regional |
2018 | Isabelle Faust and Jessica Lothman | Evan A. Evans Moot Court Competition | Quarterfinalists; Isabelle Faust third best oralist |
2018 | Benjamin Lucareli and Meredith Donaldson | William B. Spong Moot Court Tournament | Quarterfinalists |
2017 | Tamara Johnson and Henry Twomey | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Boston regional | Quarterfinalists |
2017 | Celeste Borjas, Alyssa Gemein, James Wold, Dena Welden | Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition—Midwest regional | 2nd best Memorial—Midwest regional |
2017 | Carly Gerards, Nick Sulpizio, Corey Swinick | Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition | Semifinalists; best Petitioner's brief |
2016 | Kayla McCann, Emily Tercilla, Samuel (Micah) Woo | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Highest brief score; best Petitioner's brief |
2016 | David Conley, Andrew Mong, Kiel Killmer | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Quarterfinalists; best Respondent's brief |
2016 | Cassandra Van Gompel, Daniel Murphy, Arial Rosenberg | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - National competition | Participants |
2016 | Daniel Murphy | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Brooklyn regional | 1st place best oralist in the region |
2016 | Cassandra Van Gompel, Daniel Murphy, Arial Rosenberg | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Brooklyn regional | Regional finalists |
2016 | Hiriam Bradley, Ian Kalis, Alexander Perwich | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Brooklyn regional | Semifinalists; 3rd best brief |
2016 | Alexa Callahan, Darius Love, Nicole Ways | Mardi Gras Invitational Appellate Sports Law Moot Court Competition | Quarterfinalists |
2015 | Larissa Dallman, Jeremy Klang, Chal Little | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regional | Quarterfinalists |
2015 | Mary Catherine Ellis and Natalie Schiferl | National Criminal Procedure Tournament | Advanced to the Top Eight Teams; 3rd best Petitioner's Brief |
2015 | Melissa Fischer, Nicole Ostrowski, Julia Westley | Evan A. Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition | Quarterfinalists |
2015 | Xheneta Ademi, Tyler Nash, Frank Remington, Patrick Winter | Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Midwest Regional | Quarterfinalists |
2015 | Ariel Dade and Keith Reese-Kelly | Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition | Quarterfinalists |
2015 | Angela Harden, Amanda Luedtke, Samuel Weinberg | Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Competition | Quarterfinalists; 2d place Respondent Brief |
2014 | Katie Seelow and Derek Waterstreet | National Criminal Procedure Tournament | Best Petitioner's Brief |
2015 | Hans Lodge, Brendon Reyes, Robert Steele | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - National competition | Participants |
2014 | Hans Lodge, Brendon Reyes, Robert Steele | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regional | Regional winners |
2014 | Stephanie Chiarelli and Adam Dejulio | Chicago Bar Association Competition | Octofinalists |
2014 | Michelle Cahoon, James Decleene, Brian Kane | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Semifinalists; Best Petitioner's Brief; Top-Scoring Brief in the Competition |
2014 | Jennifer McNamee and Elizabeth Oestreich | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Quarterfinalists; number 1 seed after the preliminary rounds |
2013 | Sarah Haas and Samantha Schmid | Pepperdine University School of Law National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition | Quarterfinalists |
2013 | Brittany Kachingwe and Kerri Puig | Leroy R. Hassell, Sr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition | 2nd highest brief score |
2012 | Dieter Juedes | William B. Spong Moot Court Tournament | 2nd best oralist for the entire competition |
2012 | Dieter Juedes, Joseph Gorndt, John Shanahan | William B. Spong Moot Court Tournament | Quarterfinalists |
2012 | Jaclyn Bielefeld, Aaron McCann, Anthony Prekop | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Quarterfinalists |
2012 | Susan Barranco, Rebecca Manz, Dana Pierson | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Distinguished themselves with high oral argument scores |
2012 | Timothy Bucher, Cassandra Jones, Sabrina Stephenson | Mardi Gras Sports Law Invitational Competition | Quarterfinalists |
2012 | Joseph Birdsall, Nicole Cameli, Patrick Ritter | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Semifinalists; 2nd highest brief score |
2012 | Steven Miracle, Megan Mooney, Ariane Strombom | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Quarterfinalists |
2012 | Sarah McNutt | National Criminal Procedure Tournament | Third Place Oralist |
2012 | Matthew Hanson | National Criminal Procedure Tournament | Fourth Place Oralist |
2012 | Kristina Gordon and Sarah McNutt | National Criminal Procedure Tournament | Advanced to the Top Sixteen Teams |
2012 | Elizabeth Bronson and Jay Fenton | Evans A. Evans Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition | Octofinalists |
2010 | Jesse Dill, Allison Luczak, Michael Miner | Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Competition | Octofinalists; Prize for Best Brief |
2010 | Ryann Beck and Allison Johnson | Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition | Finished in the Top Eight Teams |
2010 | Alyssa Dowse, Nicholas Harken, Rachel Helmers | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) | Finished in the Top Sixteen Teams |
2010 | Megann Senfleben and Ryan MacGillis | Evans A. Evans Constitutional Law Competition | Finished in the Top Sixteen Teams |
2010 | Megann Senfleben | Evans A. Evans Constitutional Law Competition | Ranked 19th out of 80 teams in oral advocacy. |
2009 | Stephen Boyett, Carrie Devitt, Jessica Franklin | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - National competition | Advanced through the first day of competition at the National Finals in Chicago |
2009 | Jessica Farley and Brent Simerson | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Finished in the Top Eight Teams |
2009 | James Robinson and Neha Sharma | National Criminal Procedure Tournament | Finished in the Top Sixteen Teams |
2009 | Scott Chandler | Pepperdine University School of Law National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition | Ranked 16th out of 69 teams in oral advocacy |
2009 | Jon Fritz and Dale Johnson | August A. Rendigs, Jr. National Products Liability Moot Court Competition | Best Petitioner Brief Semifinalists |
2009 | Jonathan Fritz, Dale Johnson, August A. Rendigs, Jr. | National Products Liability Moot Court Competition | Advanced to the semi-final round and received an award for best petitioner's brief. |
2009 | Stephen Boyett, Carrie Devitt, Jessica Franklin | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) - Boston regional |
Regional finalist; best Respondent's brief. |
2008 | Michael Emer, Kyle Scruggs, Daniel Shapiro | Mardi Gras National Sports Law Competition | Quarterfinalists |
2007-08 | Marc Morgan and Michael Whitcomb | Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition | Semifinalists |
2008 | James Barton, Michael Tuchalski, Hillary Wucherer, Michael Cerjak, Aaron Conrardy, Emily Lesniak | National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) | Semifinalists; 2nd best brief |
2007-08 | Kevin Comerford, Shannon Kilpatrick, Natalia Minkel-Dumit | National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition | Semifinalists |
2007 | John Devins and Meaghan Weissbuch | Ruby Vale National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition | Quarterfinalists |
2007 | Eric Knobloch, Lindsay Potrafke, Sara Scoles | Mardi Gras National Sports Law Competition | Spirit Award Winners |
2006 | Adam Bazelon and Wade DeArmond | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Quarterfinalists |
2006 | Aliah Lutfiyya and Ana Lyn | San Diego National Criminal Procedure Tournament | Quarterfinalists |
2006 | Aliah Lutfiyya | San Diego National Criminal Procedure Tournament | 3rd best oralist |
2006 | Kristin Eisenbraun and Aaron Hall | Pace Law School National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition | Semifinalists in National Competition |
2006 | Kristin Eisenbraun and Aaron Hall | National Environmental Moot Court Competition | Tied for best oralist in the first preliminary round |
2005 | Anthony Cotton | National Environmental Moot Court Competition | Best oralist in round two of the preliminary rounds; Team Advanced to the Quarterfinal Round |
2005 | Anthony Cotton, Kristin Eisenbraun, Randall Green | Pace Law School National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition | Best Brief for Appellant |
2005 | Jesse Blocher, Jessie Swietlik, Joel Urmanski | National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) - Region VIII regionals | Semifinalists |
2005 | Abraham Abgozo, Garet Galster, Rudy Kuss, Jacob Short | Saul Lefkowitz Intellectual Property (Trademark) Moot Court Competition | 1st place in the Midwest Region and 1st place in National Competition |
2004 | Anne Weissmueller and Andrew Rossmeissl | Saul Lefkowitz Intellectual Property (Trademark) Moot Court Competition | 1st place in the Midwest Region |
2003 | John Bolger and Brett Ekes | Saul Lefkowitz Intellectual Property (Trademark) Moot Court Competition | 1st place in the Midwest Region |
2002 | Christopher Avery, Tara Plewe, Andrew Strand | Ruby Vale National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition | 1st place |
2002 | Dana Berce and Brian Mayer | Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition | 2nd place in the Midwest Region; Semifinalists in the National Competition |
2001 | Mollie Newcombe and Elana Sabovic | Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition | 2nd place in the Midwest Region; participated in National Competition |
2000 | Daniel Hanrahan and Steve Nichols | Saul Lefkowitz Intellectual Property (Trademark) Moot Court Competition | 1st place in the Midwest Region; 1st place in the National Competition |
1998 | Scott D. Anderson, Jake Erhard, Tracie Wall | Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition | 1st place in the Midwest Region; participated in the National Competition |
1998 | Mary Eberle, Jane Rolling, Gordon Shea | Saul Lefkowitz Intellectual Property (Trademark) Moot Court Competition | 2nd place in the regional competition for oral argument; 7th place in the National Competition for oral argument |
1997 | Thomas Aridas and Scott Lascari | Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition | Midwest Regional Winner for Best Appellate Brief |
1995 | Tristan Pettit and Brian Resler | Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition | 2nd place in the Midwest Region |
1993 | Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition | 2nd place in the national competition |
Ramon A. Klitzke Prize for Best Oral Advocate |