Moot Court Competition 2014
Final Results
- Finalists: Anne Conley, for the Petitioner; Jennifer Steeve, for the Respondent
- Best Oral Argument: Jennifer Steeve
- Best Brief: Anne Conley and Margaux Poueymirou
Runners-Up: William Ninh and Andrew Spink - Judges:
- Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court of the United States
- Hon. Martha C. Daughtrey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Hon. William A. Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Scenes from Moot Court Spring 2014
Questions Presented
Whether Illinois statutes forbidding a person to carry ready-to-use firearms in public violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
*NOTE: Participants are instructed to ignore the Illinois State Legislature's passage of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, Public Act 98-63. Participants should address the relevant Illinois statutes as they appear in the attached cases.
Related Cases
- MOORE V. MADIGAN, 842 F.SUPP.2D 1092 (C.D.ILL. 2012) (PDF)
- MOORE V. MADIGAN, 702 F.3D 933 (7TH CIR. 2012) (PDF)
- MOORE V. MADIGAN, 708 F.3D 901 (7TH CIR. 2013) (PDF)
Dates and Deadlines
- Brief Due: Monday, October 28, 2013, 3:00 p.m.
- Preliminary Round: November 12–26, 2013
- Elimination Round: January 7–10, 2014
- Tim Allen
- Fawn Bekam
- Aaron Brynildson
- Anne Conley
- Sheila Chen
- Cait Emmons
- Matthew Germer
- Rachel Khalili
- Tiffane King
- Pavneet Mac
- William Ninh
- Margaux Poueymirou
- Dexter Rappleye
- Andrew Spink
- Claire Stanley
- Jennifer Steeve
- Quarterfinal Round: January 14–15, 2014
- Tim Allen
- Aaron Brynildson
- Anne Conley
- Cait Emmons
- Pavneet Mac
- Margaux Poueymirou
- Dexter Rappleye
- Jennifer Steeve
- Semifinal Round: January 21, 2014
- Tim Allen
- Anne Conley
- Margaux Poueymirou
- Jennifer Steeve
- Final Round: January 27, 2014
- Finalists: Anne Conley and Jennifer Steeve
Competitors
- Timothy Allen
- Amelia Alvarez
- Adrian Arias
- Michael Armstrong
- Alex Bartel
- Fawn Bekam
- Aaron Brynildson
- Chris Campbell
- Irene Chen
- Sheila Chen
- Brian Choc
- Dustin Chupurdy
- Anne Conley
- Matt Corwin
- Adam Deskus
- Tommy Du
- Keith Ellison
- Caitlin Emmons
- Michelle Ferguson
- Pilar Ferguson
- Christine Fukushima
- Kelsey Galanter
- Kelly Galligan
- Kristin Garcia
- Matthew Germer
- Desirae Hutchison
- Hank Hymanson
- Michael Iseri
- Brandon Iskander
- Alex Jassy Selman
- Colby Johnson
- Rachel Khalili
- Alex Kim
- Dan Kim
- Leah Kim
- Tiffane King
- Claire-Lise Kutlay
- Mike Lee
- Pavneet Mac
- Melissa Main
- Vahe Mesropyan
- Jimmy Miller
- Sierra Nelson
- William Ninh
- Daisy Ocampo
- Sylvia Panosian
- Margaux Poueymirou
- Marco Pulido
- Nitya Ram
- Dexter Rappleye
- Andrea Ringer
- David Root
- Solange Rousset
- Daniel Schieffer
- Nick Schuchert
- Chariese Solorio
- Andrew Spink
- Claire Stanley
- Jennifer Steeve
- Stephanie Talavera
- Namita Thakker
- Ryan Ueda
- Gregory Wagner
- Nicolas Yeager