Chapman students excelled at the regional round of the ABA Arbitration Competition, where the team of Kristin Aoun, Nick Evans, Phil Joo and Damon Pitt reached the semifinal round, losing a split decision by one point—barely missing an opportunity to qualify for the national finals.
Congratulations to Spencer Wampole and Harrison Brown, winners of the 2011 Rutan & Tucker 1L Golden Gavel Competition for excellence in appellate oral argument.
A Chapman student team made the final four at the ABA Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition in Chicago. In the invitation-only competition involving 22 teams from around the country, Jess Travis, Jeremy Jass, John Bishop, and Alex Khoury made a strong team.
Chapman ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition team of Kelly Manley, Tom Nolin, and Jon Mason will be taking Chapman to the national finals of that competition for the first time since 2008. The Chapman team made it to one of the largest and most prestigious moot court competitions in the country, with over 200 teams
Seven Chapman Law students received recognition in a London mediation competition hosted by BPP Law School and sponsored by the International Academy for Alternate Dispute Resolution. Over 110 competitors from 23 law schools from four continents comprised the 34 teams that participated in the competition. In the individual awards, Scott McIntyre was second in the
Chapman’s Moot Court team traveled to Seattle this month for the regional round of the Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition. The final round was Chapman vs. Chapman! The team of Ruben Escobedo and Samantha Kohler won the regional, and their brief placed third. The team of John Bishop and Jesse Cox placed second overall, but
Chapman Law’s ADR team, comprised of Lisa Fiance, Aaron Goben, and Kyndell Paine, won first place at the National Mediation Competition in Liverpool, England. Kyndell took the second place individual mediator award and Aaron took the third place individual award. This was the first UK National Mediation Competition with three US teams (Lewis University, Illinois; Drake School of
The ABA Student Lawyer Magazine ran an article on 3L students Jimmy Blalock, Brett Corson, Meghan O’Brien Taylor, and Arlinda Witko winning the 2008-2009 National Arbitration Competition against 13 other teams from across the country. The competition challenge was to arbitrate a case in the field of election campaign law where the teams represented both
Chapman University School of Law has been selected to host the 2009 American Collegiate Moot Court Association’s national tournament on January 16-17, 2009. The tournament brings the top 64 teams from six regional competitions to Chapman for a two day event that will determine the national champions and other top teams. Learn more…
After winning the regional competition in Las Vegas last month, the moot court team of Katia Benthale, Rob Webster, and Matt Wechter competed in the national finals of the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition in Chicago. This competition is the largest and most prestigious in the country and nearly 180 teams competed in regions throughout