Students at the School of Law recently captured high honors in a number of national lawyering skills competitions.
Third-year students Andrew C. Ruben and Gilbert C. Sison and second-year students E. Regan Loyd, Kevin P. Ray and Edward M. Shin ranked third out of 132 U.S. teams and 13th among more than 300 teams worldwide in the 2000 Phillip C. Jessup International Moot Court World Cup. The team, coached by Leila Nadya Sadat, J.D., LL.M., D.E.A., professor of law, won the southeast regional competition to advance to the nationals and internationals.
Third-year students Anastasia Burkham, Jared R. Montgomery and Rena M. Samole reached the quarterfinals in the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, in which 75 teams competed. The team's adviser, Maxine I. Lipeles, J.D., who holds a joint appointment in the law school and School of Engi-neering and Applied Science, directs the law school's Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic.
Third-year students Gabrielle Melissa Ince and Bart A. Starr won Best Brief in the midwest regional round of the Giles Sutherland Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition, in which more than 20 teams competed. In the Saul Lefkowitz Intellectual Property Law Moot Court Competition, second-year students Heather L. Dary, John Hein and Danica L. Rodemich took second place in the regional round, in which 12 teams competed. Charles R. McManis, J.D., professor of law, serves as the adviser for both these competitions.
Second-year students Kevin P. Gordon and Edward M. Shin won second place in the midwest regional round of the American Bar Association Client Counseling Competition, out of a dozen teams competing. The faculty adviser is Ann Davis Shields, J.D., lecturer in law.