Boards & Intermural Teams

Third-year students who participated in Stone during their second year are eligible for membership on BU Law-sponsored intermural moot court teams. Team members write the brief, practice oral arguments with teammates and faculty and represent BU Law at the respective competitions. Team members also serve as preceptors, scoring participants in the Stone or Albers Competitions.

Application for 2012-2013 Teams and Boards (APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED)

Detailed information about teams and boards

Moot Court Competition News for 2011-2012 Competitions

2011-2012 Moot Court Boards and Teams (2012-2013 listed below)

Albers Directors Geoffrey Derrick Melissa Nasson	Esdaile Directors William Becker Katrina Neal Jake Pugh Jon Roth
Stone Directors James Bobseine Nicholas Levenhagen Elizabeth Rossi	Negotiation and Client Counseling Directors JennyBess Dulac Veronica Zhang Matt Saldaña Tim Harris
National Moot Court Zeke Davisson Rebecca Delfiner Mark Eisen	National Appellate Advocacy Amanda Catalano Andrew Dunning Max Lee
Sutherland Cup Jasmine Pierce Ephraim Pierre Jarrod Schaeffer	National Appellate Advocacy Robert Coniglio Matthew Kugizaki
Gibbons Criminal Procedure David Arnold Julia Ong	Oxford International IP Alex Garens Evan Wisser
First Amendment Emalene Clark Hao Wang

2012-2013 Moot Court Boards and Teams

Albers Directors Paul Payer Allison Somers	Esdaile Directors Brian Balduzzi Seth Davis Meera Kamath Kelli Untiedt
Stone Directors Beau Barnes Valeriy Matsiborchuk Kate Welby	Negotiation and Client Counseling Directors Matt Saldaña Tim Harris Julie Fogarty David Ginensky
National Moot Court Victor Bieger Emily Nowlin Tamara Rozina	National Appellate Advocacy Christina Chung Jared Cohen Carlos Hanco, Jr.
Sutherland Cup Christopher Lyon Zoë Sajor Matthew Sloane	National Appellate Advocacy David Matulewicz Christine Han Patrick Gilbert
Gibbons Criminal Procedure Matthew Bailey Shaun Donnelly Cory Rothbort	Oxford International IP Amy Luo Ari Sacharow
First Amendment Tyler Cullis Sean Locke

Competition Descriptions

The number of teams and the sponsored competitions may vary from year to year, depending on student interest. Recently, BU Law has sent teams to the following competitions. More information about these competitions can be found here: Infomation on Teams and Boards.

National Moot Court Competition (sponsored by the Bar Association of the City of New York). Pre-requisite is participation in Albers. Three team members write a brief in September and October and argue at a regional competition in mid-November. If successful at the regional level, team members will travel to New York City for the finals in the second semester. The case involves issues of federal constitutional or statutory law.

National Appellate Advocacy Competition (sponsored by the American Bar Association). Three team members write a brief in the second semester and argue at a regional competition in late February or early March. If successful, team members will compete in finals held at the site of the American Bar Association convention in April. The case usually involves issues of federal constitutional or statutory law.

Sutherland Cup Moot Court Competition (sponsored by Catholic University, Columbus School of Law). Three team members write a brief in the second semester and argue at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Case involves issues of constitutional law.

John J. Gibbons Criminal Procedure Competition (sponsored by Seton Hall Law School). Two to three team members write a brief in February and March and argue at Seton Hall Law School in Newark, New Jersey, in late March or early April. Case involves issues of criminal procedure.

Oxford IP Competition (sponsored by the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre). Two students brief both sides of a multi-issue problem. The papers are used to determine which teams will be invited to compete. Argue at St. Catherine’s (UK) in mid-March. Case can involve any area of IP, including patent. Course work or employment experience in intellectual property law required.

National First Amendment Law Moot Court Competition (sponsored by the First Amendment Center and Vanderbilt University Law School). Two team members write a brief due February and argue at Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, Tennessee, in late February or early March. Case involves First Amendment issues relating to either free speech or religion clauses.