From March 19-20, 2022, Michigan State University College of Law hosted the first National Moot Court Competition focusing on issues of Gender, Sexuality, and Law. The competition was hosted virtually with all rounds of arguments held over Zoom online.
In 2022, the competition featured 16 teams representing 13 Law Schools (Table 1: Participating Law Schools 2022) which saw 32 Advocates compete in three preliminary rounds. The top eight teams advanced to the quarter finals for the elimination rounds, four teams advanced to the semi-final rounds, and two teams competed for the final round of the competition.
| Law School | State | QF | SF | Final |
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Barry University Andreas School of Law |
Florida |
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Chicago-Kent College of Law* (2 Teams) |
Illinois |
*(1) |
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Columbia Law School* (2 Teams) |
New York |
*(2) |
* |
* |
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Delaware Law School Widener University |
Delaware |
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Michigan State University College of Law |
Michigan |
* |
* |
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Seton Hall School of Law |
New Jersey |
* |
* |
* |
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South Texas College of Law-Houston |
Texas |
* |
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Texas Tech University School of Law |
Texas |
* |
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University of Cincinnati |
Ohio |
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Villanova Law |
Pennsylvania |
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Wayne State University Law School |
Michigan |
* |
* |
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William & Mary Law School |
Virginia |
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New York Law School* (2 Teams) |
New York |
2022 Final Round
The 2022 final round was judged by:
- JUDGE JUDITH E. LEVY, United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- ATTORNEY CAROLE STANYAR, Appellate Attorney whose expertise is complex state and federal litigation (Responsible for Deboer v. Snyder (MI Marriage Case) consolidated with other cases) and captioned as Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584 (2016))
- PROFESSOR PHILLIP A. PUCILLO, Professor, Michigan State University College of Law
2022 MSU College of Law Student Involvement
The Student Leadership Team for the Competition included Abigail Cote (’22), Erin Shrum (’22), and Joshua Cambri (’24). Abigail worked in conjunction with Professor Johnson to research and write the competition problem. Erin Shrum contributed to the competition bench brief shared with all volunteer judges. Josh Cambri worked the entirety of the two-day competition helping to facilitate student bailiffs and Zoom Courtrooms.
2022 MSU College of Law Team Information
The MSU Law team comprised of Taylor Mills (’23) and Skylar Steel (’23) made it to the semi-final round before a narrow loss to Seton Hall Law School, who went on to win the competition in the final round.
2022 COMPETITION RESULTS
The 2023 Gender + Sexuality Moot Court Competition was held on March 18-19, 2023.
Congratulations to the winners!
Team Results
First Place:
Seton Hall School of Law (Gabrielle Albert and Abigail Grise)
Second Place:
Columbia Law School (1) (Karsyn Archambeau and David Phillips)
Semi-Final Teams:
Michigan State University College of Law (Taylor Mills and Skylar Steel)
Wayne State University Law School (Dominica Convertino and Amanda Navarre)
Quarter Final Teams:
Chicago-Kent College of Law (Andrew White and Erin Monforti)
Columbia Law School (2) (Zachary Kayal and Leah Haberman)
Texas Tech University School of Law (Lawson Hamilton and Jacey DuBois)
South Texas College of Law-Houston (Nancy Wade and Jay O’Bryant)
Best Brief Awards
1st Place
Seton Hall School of Law (Gabrielle Albert and Abigail Grise)
2nd Place - Tie
Chicago-Kent College of Law (Andrew White and Erin Monforti)
South Texas College of Law-Houston (Nancy Wade and Jay O’Bryant)
Best Oral Advocate
1st Place - Three Way Tie
Karsyn Archambeau, Columbia Law School
Dominica Convertino, Wayne State University Law School
Amanda Navarre, Wayne State University Law School