Colorado Law Moot Court Teams Win National Competition

For the first time in memorable history, both Colorado Law School moot court teams of third-year students made it to the final round of the Region XI New York City Bar National Moot Court Competition. The students performed masterfully at the regional rounds of the Competition in Las Vegas in November. The unprecedented face-off between the two Colorado teams was a remarkable sight, as both sides wowed the judges with their command of the law and ability to parry difficult questions. The Respondent’s team of Abe Alexander, Grant Sullivan, and Mike Wautlet won the entire regional competition by a razor-thin margin and will advance to the national round in New York in January. The Petitioner’s team of Courtney Kramer, Cash Parker, and Patrick Thiessen was the second-place team. The Best Oralist Award for the competition went to Wautlet, who argued both the Petitioner’s and Respondent’s sides of a difficult preemption issue. The Second-Place Oralist Award went to Parker, who argued the Petitioner’s and Respondent’s sides of an equally difficult Second Amendment issue. In addition, as a testament to their prodigious writing talents, the Petitioner’s team won the Second Place Brief Award, and the Respondent’s team won the Third-Place Brief Award. Director of the Moot Court Programs, Professor Gabrielle Stafford, coached the teams with the assistance of John Poor.