The USD School of Law Appellate Moot Court Board has traveled to numerous tournaments over several decades. This page serves to highlight some of USD Moot Court’s victories in the championship rounds of those tournaments. While the Board does not always return to the same tournaments each year, those tournaments remain a part of the Board’s rich history of competition and success.
ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
2008 Regional
1977 Regional: Brandon Becker & Elizabeth Northridge
ACTL National Moot Court Competition
1983 Regional: Sarah L. Bunge, J. Ernesto Grijalva & Seth B. Madnick
1981 Regional
AIPLA Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition
2002: Todd Drake & Melanie Ronen
Capital University’s National Moot Court Competition in Child Welfare & Adoption Law
2017: Kendra Tovey & Ryan Ramos
2015: Kelsey Hathaway & Keith Van Wagner
Emory University School of Law Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Competition
2014: Jillian Ewan & Bob Schultz
Florida Bar Tax Section National Tax Moot Court Competition
1999
NAPABA Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition
2008 Regional
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
2018 Regional: Ryan Cannon & Stephanie Dusso
2000 Regional: Kelly Menck, Brian Fogarty, Stefanie Valentini & Michael Samardzija
1995 Regional: James Swiderski, William Kuebler, Elizabeth Pollock & Joseph Daley
1995 U.S. National Champions: James Swiderski, William Kuebler, Elizabeth Pollock & Joseph Daley
Roger J. Traynor California Moot Court Competition
1994: Dave Bigelow & Kate Flaherty
1975: Kay S. Kuns, J. Wesley Merritt & Judith S. Resnick
1974: Susan Fridenmaker, Jan Gonnerman & Dean A. Link
1968
Vanderbilt University’s National First Amendment Moot Court Competition
2000
*Please contact USD Moot Court if you have information regarding a tournament win that is not displayed here