Earlier this month, Chapman Law School sent two teams to the National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition at Whittier Law School. The teams were comprised of Katherine Currie-Diamond (2L) and Jaryn Saritzky (2L) and Andrew Mase (2L) and Minhquan Nguyen (2L). After the preliminary rounds on Friday, Katherine and Jaryn received the third-place brief award and Jaryn was recognized as third place and Katherine was fourth place as advocates. After their triumph, they moved on to the quarterfinal round as a team. Andrew Mase ultimately tied with Katherine for the fourth-place advocate award. After the quarterfinal round, the competition gave another set of advocacy awards, and this time Katherine received second-place honors, while Jaryn received third place. The team moved on to the semifinals, where they lost an extremely tough round.

Chapman Law also attended an ABA Client Counseling Competition regional in Minneapolis. The teams were Frank Mickadeit (3L) and Jessi Castro (3L), along with Paul Deese (2L) and Catherine Conroy (2L). After the preliminary rounds, Paul and Catherine were tied for third place and advanced to the semifinals where they defeated a team from the University of Illinois. In the final round, Paul and Catherine placed second and narrowly missed the chance to go to the national finals.

Finally, just last weekend, Chapman Law Mock Trial traveled to Tucson, Arizona for a regional round of the National Trial Competition. Chapman was represented by the teams of Damon Pitt (3L), Nicole Hughes (3L), and Stephanie Lincoln (2L), and Stephen Tanizaki (2L), Katherine Lubinski (2L), and Jennifer Crampton (2L). The team of Pitt, Hughes, and Lincoln reached the quarterfinal round.

Congratulations to all the teams that competed this month and special thanks to Professor Nancy Schultz, Andy Bugman, and Professor David Dowling for coaching our students.