These are just some of the Hamline Law students and coaches who participated in our successful competitions season last spring.

Hamline Students up to the Competition

Once again, Hamline Law students made a significant impact at prestigious competitions in 2010-11, both in this country and abroad.   In all, more than 40 Hamline Law students participated in a variety of events, which included:

• Chelsea Griffin and John Tribett reaching the semifinals in the International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris, an annual moot mediation competition organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Alternative Dispute Resolution Secretariat;  this one-of-a-kind, invitation-only event included 58 teams from universities and mediation experts from around the world

• Anjie Flowers and Kimberlee Shelton for reaching the quarter-finals at the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition, sponsored by the National Black Law Students Association

• Katie Lockwood and Kelly Rodgers competing in the Texas Young Lawyer Association’s National Trial Competition in Houston after winning the regional competition earlier in the year

• Mark McKenna and Jeffrey Boucher advancing to the quarterfinals at the Judge John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competition in Houston, Texas, and being recognized for presenting the “Best Petitioners Brief in the Nation.”

• Joe LeBlanc and Ben Joslin winning the ABA Regional Competition for Mediation Representation and advancing to the national ABA Dispute Resolution Section Conference in Denver

• Rick Dold, Aaron Nyquist, Sean Pratt and Emily Spott receiving an Honorable Mention for Best Memorandum on behalf of Claimant at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria

• Matthew Greenstein and, Ryan Meehan taking second place at the Minnesota Intellectual Property Lawyers Association Cup

• Kendal Gregg, Ryan Pottebaum and Jay Smigielsk receiving Third place for Best Brief in the Nation at the William McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition  at the University of Minnesota

• Meghan Scully and Jesse Winsel reaching the octo-finals and talking second place for Best Brief at the National Health Law Moot Court Competition at Southern Illinois University School of Law

• Jennifer Middleton and Steven Helseth advancing to the semifinal round of the Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court National Finals Competition in Washington, D.C.

Faculty advisors included Hamline law professors Allen Blair, Morgan Holcomb, Jim Morrow, Sharon Press and Steve Swanson.   Following is a more complete list of the competitors and their competitions.