Moot Court
Results from the 53rd Annual Honorable Theodore L. Reimel Moot Court Competition
The Moot Court Board is proud to announce the results of the 53nd Annual Honorable Theodore L. Reimel Moot Court Competition:
Winners: Ashley Toczylowski and Stephen McCloskey
Runners-up: Erica Kane and Alexandra Peters
Best Oralist: Ashley Toczylowski
The Moot Court Board would like to thank the Law School community for their tremendous support of the Reimel Program and would like to congratulate all those who participated in this year's event.
Results from the Mardi Gras Sports Law Invitational Competition
The Moot Court Board congratulates Ashley Toczylowski for earning third best oralist at the Mardi Gras Sports Law Invitational Competition held at Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, LA on February 6-8, 2013. The Board was represented by the team of Ashley Toczylowski and Stephen McCloskey. The team was coached by Joseph Dell’Aquila.
Results from the Religious Freedom Moot Court Competition
The team of Rachel Miller and Nina DeCosmo reached the quarterfinal round at the George Washington National Religious Freedom Moot Court Competition on February 2-3, 2013. The team was coached by Michael Greenberg. The Moot Court Board congratulates Rachel and Nina for their excellent work at the competition, and for a very successful start to the Spring 2013 outside competition season.
Results from the Quarterfinal Round of the 53rd Annual Theodore L. Reimel Competition
The Moot Court Board would like to congratulate the following teams for advancing to the Semi-Final Round of the 2012-2013 Reimel Competition, which will be held on February 16, 2013.
Team 13: David Burdett & Kristin Noonan
Team 16: Alexandra Peters & Erica Kane
Team 18: Ashley Toczylowski & Stephen McCloskey
Team 32: Samantha Kats & Megan Pownall
The Board would also like to congratulate the winner of best brief, Samantha Kats and Megan Pownall (Team 32).
Results from the Regional Competition of the National Moot Court Competition
The Moot Court Board sent two teams to the Regional Competition of the National Moot Court Competition at the University of Baltimore School of Law on November 16-18, 2012. Team 1 competitors were Nicole Santiago and Michael Greenberg and Team 2 competitors were Kayla Rowe and Amanda Fernandez. The team of Kayla Rowe and Amanda Fernandez advanced to the semi-finals of the competition. The teams were coached by Melissa Scacchitti. The Moot Court Board congratulates both teams on their great performances at the competition.
Results from the National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition
The team of Jake Becker, Josh Cohan, and Rachel Miller reached the quarterfinal round at the Pepperdine Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition held in Malibu, CA from November 9-11, 2012. They also received an award for Second Place Respondent Brief. Congratulations to a great performance by the Entertainment Law team!
Results from the John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in IT/Privacy Law
The team of Kapil Kataria, Joseph Dell'Aquila, and Kelsey Hackem reached the quarterfinal round at the John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law held in Chicago, IL from October 24-27, 2012. The Moot Court Board congratulates our first outside competition team!
Results from the Sweet Sixteen Round of the 53rd Annual Theodore L. Reimel Competition
The Moot Court Board would like to congratulate the following teams for advancing to the Quarter Final Round of the 2012-2013 Reimel Competition, which will be held on January 26, 2013.
Team 13: David Burdett & Kristin Noonan
Team 18: Ashley Toczylowski & Stephen McCloskey
Team 16: Alexandra Peters & Erica Kane
Team 29: Daron Raleigh & Nicholas Ciccone
Team 32: Samantha Kats & Megan Pownall
Team 56: Andrew Hubley & Vincent Cannizzaro
Team 58: Justin Robinette & June Carfagno
Team 62: Keelin Boyle & Efthalia Staikos
The Moot Court Board is the principal oral advocacy organization at Villanova's School of Law. The Board is chiefly responsible for the administration of the Theodore Reimel Moot Court Competition. The Board also competes in appellate advocacy competitions at law schools across the country. Finally, the board assists the legal writing faculty in the administration and judging of 1L oral arguments.
The Reimel Competition is an intra-school tournament in honor of the late Theodore L. Reimel, Judge for the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas from 1953 to 1973. The competition begins each September with approximately 100 teams of second and third year students, culminating in the spring with the final argument between the competition's two best teams. Former jurists for the final round of the Reimel competition have included judges from various U.S. Courts of Appeals as well as Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Samuel A. Alito, Antonin Scalia, Byron C. White, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, and Thurgood Marshall.
Membership on the board is obtained in two ways. First, students compete each summer in a competition to gain membership. The competitors must write an appellate brief on a hypothetical problem and argue before a panel of judges from the Moot Court Executive Board. Second, students may gain an invitation to the board by advancing to the Semi-Final round of the Reimel Moot Court Competition.
