Awards
Berkeley Law Best Advocate Awards
The Best Advocate Award will be awarded to one student in each branch of the Board of Advocates: ADR & Negotiations, Appellate, International, and Trial. The criteria for the Best Advocate Award is:
- Dedication, enthusiasm and team spirit;
- Assistance with Board of Advocates programming more broadly; and
- Excellence in written and oral advocacy.
Selection process: Board of Advocates members in each branch will nominate candidates for the award, and then vote on the winner for their respective branch. The winners will be announced at the Board of Advocates annual end-of-year luncheon in April.
Fourth Annual CourtCall Law School Awards
Each year, CourtCall presents an award of $250.00 to each of two third-year law students who demonstrate skill in Moot Court, Mock Trial, or Trial Advocacy Programs. The award recipients are selected by the Board of Advocates Faculty Advisors. One student from the Board of Advocates Appellate Team and one student from the Board of Advocates Trial Team will be selected for the awards. The selection criteria is:
- For the Appellate Team: Selection will be based on a combination of (a) brief score (using competition rankings), (b) whether the student received an individual advocacy award, (c) competition results, and (d) grades.
- For the Trial Team: Selection will be based on a combination of (a) competition results, (b) whether the student received an individual advocacy award, and (c) grades.
The 2017 winners of the CourtCall awards in the areas of trial and appellate advocacy, respectively, are: Derin Kiykioglu (’17) and Jordan Bock (’17). Thank you to CourtCall for its support of our Moot Court and Mock Trial students!
Results
In addition to celebrating the many successes of our advocacy competition teams, we applaud each and every Board of Advocates member for their hard work and accomplishments.
Here are the highlights from past years’ competitions:
2017-2018
ADR TEAM
ABA Representation in Mediation Competition
Anna Williams, Michelle Marshall – Regional Finalists; Nationals 2nd Place
International Academy of Dispute Resolution International Mediation Tournament
Kate Bridge, Colette Gulick, Paula Gergen – 3rd Place
Colette Gulick – 3rd Place Mediator
Kate Bridge – 10th Place Mediator
California Lawyers Association Student Environmental Negotiations Competitions
Emily Hren, Patrick Blake – 3rd Place
National Sports Law Competition
Alex Williamson, Luisa Lizoain – 4th Place
APPELLATE TEAM
Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition
Lauren Kelly, Lindsay Sugimoto – Regional 1st Place
Nathan Theobald, Rich Vyas – Regional 2nd Place, National 1st Place
Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
Kelsey Shuetz, Thai Thao – Regional Finalists & Best Brief, National 2nd Place & Best Brief
National Appellate Advocacy Competition
Kelly Seranko, Drew Washington – Regional Finalists, National Best Brief
Drew Washington – 6th Place Oralist
Kelly Seranko – 10th Place Oralist
National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
Angela Lesnak, Candice Youngblood, Jack Siddoway – National Semi-finalists
Candice Youngblood – Best Oralist
INTERNATIONAL TEAM
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
Nathalie Alegre, Michael Robbins, Madeleine Wykstra, Griselda Cabrera – Regional 2nd Place
Madeleine Wykstra – 5th Place Oralist
Nathalie Alegre – 7th Place Oralist
LLM International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition
Fannar Ivarsson, Elias Boukachabine – 1st Place
Elias Boukachabine – Individual Honorable Mention
TRIAL TEAM
Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition
Jordan Fraboni, Natalie Winters, Evan Larson – 1st Place Regionals
2015-2016
ABA Representation in Mediation Competition
Faye Whiston, Michelle Peleg – Nationals 2nd Place
Kristina Pham, Abby Woodruff – Regional Champions; Nationals 3rd Place
International Academy of Dispute Resolution International Mediation Tournament
Simone Friedlander, Maya Ziv, Alix Pisani – 2nd Place
IP LawMeets
Breanna Jones, Yu Tanebe, Alex Almodovar – Regional Semifinalists
Thurgood A. Marshall Moot Court Competition
Katherine Buckley, Jordan Bock – Semifinalists
Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition
Sergio Torres, Hector Emilio Corea – Quarterfinalists
Noah Ickowitz, Chieh Tung – Quarterfinalists
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
Guilherme Duraes, Esther Townes, Melissa Adamson, Greg Washington – Semifinalists
Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
Kevin Castillo, Monsura Sirajee- Regionals 3rd Place Overall (1st Place Oral Argument, 8th Place Brief)
Reed Frye, Cindy Lee – Regionals 4th Place Overall (5th Place Brief, 6th Place Oral Argument)
Roger J. Traynor California Appellate Moot Court Competition
Karina Puttieva, Austin Uhler – 2nd place for Best Oral Argument (The Roger J. Traynor Award), Outstanding Individual Achievement in Oral Advocacy
Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition
Alyssa Huff, Carolyn Gilbert – Regional Quarterfinalists
Jared Ginsburg, Nate Ngerebara, Natalie Robinson – Regional Quarterfinalists
American Association For Justice National Student Trial Advocacy Competition
Lily Fabela, Anna Tsiotsias, Dustin Vandenberg, Anthony Guzman – Regional Finalists
ABA Labor and Employment Law Trial Advocacy Competition
Alyssa Huff, Nate Ngerebara, Neelam Mohammed, Carolyn Gilbert – Regional Finalists
Loyola National Civil Trial Competition
Jason Wu, Colin Jones, Jared Ginsburg, DeCarol Davis – First place
2014-2015
ABA Negotiations
Francis Choi, Maya Ziv – Regional Champions; National Semifinalists
Pace Law School National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
Tom Delahanty, Subin Varghese, Kathy Bowen – Semifinalists
Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition
Louise Dyble, Norris Boothe – Regional Semifinalists
ABA Labor and Employment Law Trial Advocacy Competition
Salah Hawkins, Jerel Dawson, DeCarol Davis, and Stephanie Llanes – Regional Champions; National Champions
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
Daniel Loevinsohn, Yasmin Emrani, Kyra Taylor, Alexandra Wise – Regional Semifinalists
ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
Cristina Schrum-Herrera, Luke Edwards – Regional Champions, 5th Place Best Brief; National Octofinals, 3rd Place Best Brief
Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
Om Alladi, Brandon V. Stracener – Best Oral Argument Team, Regionals
Roger J. Traynor California Appellate Moot Court Competition
Phil Hernandez, Jerri Kay-Phillips – First Place, 2nd Place Brief
Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition
Christine Chan, Jordan Kahler, Roxana Guidero – Regional Champions; Tied for 8th Place at Nationals
Margi Schierberl, Jason Wu, Janice Lu – Regional Semifinalists
AAJ National Student Trial Advocacy Competition
Alyssa Huff, Carolyn Gilbert, Colin Jones, Jerel Dawson – Regional Semifinalists
NBTA Tournaments of Champions
Jason Wu, Jordan Kahler, Janice Lu, Roxana Guidero – Champions
Loyola National Civil Trial Competition
Margi Schierberl, Sam Sondag, Simon Mont, Colin Jones – Semifinalists, Overall 3rd Place
Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot
Lily Dobson, Lindsay Walter, Yao Yang, Siena Caruso – Honorable Mention for Best Brief for Claimaint
South Texas Mock Trial Challenge
Alejandro Barrientos, Christopher Lapidus, Nate Miller, Lillian Fabela – Octofinalists, “Outstanding Team” award
American College of Law Bankrupcty LawMeet
Will Schildknecht, Will Lisa – 3rd Place Negotiations, Best Term Sheet for Creditors
2013-2014
National Appellate Advocacy Competition
ABA Negotiations
David Updegrove, Meredith Pressfield, Regional Champions
National Labor and Employment
Eric Cuellar, Sam Sondag, Anthony Guzman, Bryn Starbird, advanced to semifinals
National Moot Court Competition (NMCC)
Avery Masters, Charlie Weiss, Regional Quarterfinalists
2012-2013
ABA Negotiations Competition
Hilary Richardson, Kevin Meil – 2nd Place at Regionals, attended Nationals
Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Negotiation Competition
Yulia Buyanin, Cristiana Blauth, Oliveira, Charles Rogerson – Best Term Sheet
CA State Bar Environmental Negotiations Competition
Joe Santiesteban & Meredith Pressfield – First Place
Dean Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition
Maya Karwande, Nathaniel Miller – Octofinalists
ILSA Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
Lydia Wright – Top 40 Advocates
Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition
Ciara Mittan, Collin Tierney, Amanda Rogers – Regional Champions
AAJ National Student Trial Advocacy Competition
Kaloma Cardwell, Nikki Davenport, Carrie Hall, Nicole White – Semifinalists
Christie Bahna, Christine Chan, Allina Hightower, Aaron Ver – Semifinalists
Tournament of Champions
Kayla Delgado, Corey Laplante, Kaitlyn Murphy, Veliz Perez – Semifinalists
Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot
Amy Belsher, Brittney Lovato, Holly Hoch, Aditi Fruitwala – 3rd place (Paris pre-moot); Team Spirit Award (Vienna)
Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition
Collin Tierney – Winner
2011-2012
Pace Law School 21st Annual National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
Swati Prakash, Daniel Mandel, Jamie Tansey – Quarterfinalists; Top 10 Brief
ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
Chris Martin, Erin Morgan, Virginia Choi – Regional Champions; National Quarterfinalists
National Moot Court Competition (NMCC)
Grace Yang, Rachel Schwartz, Sean McTigue – Regional Champions; National Finalists
Grace Yang – Best Individual Speaker
Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
Ebby Abraham, Lauren Escher – 3rd place; Best Oral Argument
Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition
Allina Hightower, Vassi Iliadis, Aaron Spolin – Regional Champions
Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition
Mellori Lumpkin, Rory McHale, Edward Piper – Regional semifinalists
AAJ National Student Trial Advocacy Competition
Regional Champions; Regional finalists
ABA Labor & Employment Law Trial Advocacy Competition
Kristen Corpion, Ciara Mittan, Veliz Perez, Collin Tierney – Regional Champions; National Finalists (2nd overall)
2010-2011
ABA Negotiations
Phoebe Elder, Ashley Hall – 5th Place Overall
Pace Law School 21st Annual National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
John Casnocha, Nick Fram, Maya Waldron – Advanced to Semifinals
John Casnocha, Nick Fram – Best Oralists (preliminary rounds)
ACS Constance Baker Motley National Moot Court Competition
Claire Thompson, Sean McTigue – Semifinalists
AIPLA Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition
Amit Agarwal, Bert Lao – Quarterfinalists
ILSA Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
Miles Palley, Anthony Lopresti, Danielle Serbin, Katie McGrath, Dena Chen – 3 Top Oralists
ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition
H. Savala Nolan, Joe Rose – Advanced to Nationals; 4th best brief in Nation (out of 24)
Joe Rose – 5th Best Oralist (prelims)
NYC Bar National Moot Court Competition
Jackie Setili, Jeff Hedrick, Grace Yang – 2nd place brief; Regional Semifinalists
NYC Bar National Moot Court Competition
Joe Clarke, Lauren Maisel, Colin Hunter – Top 10 brief
Roger J. Traynor California Appellate Moot Court Competition
Sam Koch, Ted Torous, Amy Kunkel-Patterson
Sam Koch, Ted Torous – Outstanding Individual Achievement in Oral Argument
San Diego Defense Lawyers Mock Trial Competition
Keydon Levy, Suzanne Jaffe, Joe Goldstein-Breyer, Inna Buschell – First Place
Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition
Ed Piper, Rory McHale, Demi Williams – Advanced to Semifinals
Justin Chou, Mellori Lumpkin, Aaron Spolin – Advanced to Semifinals
AAJ National Student Trial Advocacy Competition
Tatiana Cottam, Aubrie Dillon, Kevin Budner, Kristen Corpion – Finalists
Stephanie Clark, Jerome Price, Jonah Lalas, Julia Mehlman – 1st Place in Regionals, Semifinalists
ABA Labor & Employment Law Trial Advocacy Competition
Vassi Iliadis, James Perry, Rachel Johnson, Eric Neff – 1st Place in Regionals, Semifinalists at Nationals
Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot
Amy Endicott, Aymeric Boelle, Krista Correa, and Yuliya Zeynalova – 1st Place in Regionals, Semifinalists