Saturday, October 28, 2006
2006 Competition Results
First Place:
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Second Place:
Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law
Semifinalists:
Michigan State University College of Law
Pepperdine University School of Law
Ambassador Round Winner:
Texas Tech University School of Law
Best Oralist
Marie Bonitatibus, New York Law School
Best Petitioner's Brief
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Best Respondent's Brief:
University of California Hastings College of the Law
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Second Place:
Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law
Semifinalists:
Michigan State University College of Law
Pepperdine University School of Law
Ambassador Round Winner:
Texas Tech University School of Law
Best Oralist
Marie Bonitatibus, New York Law School
Best Petitioner's Brief
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Best Respondent's Brief:
University of California Hastings College of the Law
Final Round - 2006 Competition
The Final Round for the 2006 competition will take place at 3:00 pm on Saturday, October 28, between Team 6 and Team 28.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Semifinal and Ambassador Rounds
The following teams will compete in the Semifinal Round on Saturday, October 28:
9:30 am - Team 6 vs. Team 27
11:00 am - Team 13 vs. Team 28
The following teams will compete in the Ambassador Round on Saturday, October 28:
1:00 pm - Team 8 vs. Team 12
9:30 am - Team 6 vs. Team 27
11:00 am - Team 13 vs. Team 28
The following teams will compete in the Ambassador Round on Saturday, October 28:
1:00 pm - Team 8 vs. Team 12
Choosing Sides for the Semifinal Round
Click below to see a video of sides being chosen for the Semifinal Round.
Quarterfinal Round
Quarterfinal Round - Friday, October 27
2:00 pm -
Room 526 - Team 6 vs. Team 8
Room 528 - Team 16 vs. Team 27
3:30 pm -
Room 526 - Team 9 vs. Team 13
Room 528 - Team 12 vs. Team 28
2:00 pm -
Room 526 - Team 6 vs. Team 8
Room 528 - Team 16 vs. Team 27
3:30 pm -
Room 526 - Team 9 vs. Team 13
Room 528 - Team 12 vs. Team 28
Thursday, October 26, 2006
It's a (Competitors) Party!
Feeding our hungry competitors... but what they really want to know is, who's going on to the next round?
Octofinal Round
Here are the pairings for the Octofinal round on Friday, October 27, 2006:
9:30 -
Room 522 - Team 4 vs. Team 16
Room 526 - Team 6 vs. Team 11
Room 527 - Team 8 vs. Team 17
Room 528 - Team 14 vs. Team 27
11:00 -
Room 522 - Team 5 vs. Team 13
Room 526 - Team 9 vs. Team 26
Room 527 - Team 12 vs. Team 24
Room 528 - Team 18 vs. Team 28
9:30 -
Room 522 - Team 4 vs. Team 16
Room 526 - Team 6 vs. Team 11
Room 527 - Team 8 vs. Team 17
Room 528 - Team 14 vs. Team 27
11:00 -
Room 522 - Team 5 vs. Team 13
Room 526 - Team 9 vs. Team 26
Room 527 - Team 12 vs. Team 24
Room 528 - Team 18 vs. Team 28
In between Rounds 3 and 4
Some are relieved to be done, others get ready for Round 4!
Family waiting-- what nice moms and dads!
Family waiting-- what nice moms and dads!
Thursday afternoon (Judges)
A big thank you to all of our judges for their participation!! We couldn't have this competition without your help.
Thursday- Preliminary Round 1
Results will be posted when they are available... in the meantime, here are some pictures!Getting ready for Round 1...
Wednesday Night Opening Program and Reception
A great kick-off to an exciting event! Many thanks to Judge Norgle for speaking.
(click on the pictures for a larger view)
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Dean Corkery's Opening Program Remarks
Click below to see a short video of Dean Corkery's remarks at the
opening program.
opening program.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Why This Competition is Unique...
The Annual John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law is one of the most highly regarded mock appellate court competitions in the world.
Each year, teams from law schools throughout the United States and as far away as Canada, Australia, India, South Korea, and Cameroon come to The John Marshall Law School to brief and argue emerging issues in information technology and privacy law before distinguished federal and state court judges, professors, and experienced practitioners.
Competitors gain valuable litigation experience through a rigorous writing exercise as well as an intensive sequence of oral arguments. The top briefs in each year's competition, along with the competition bench memorandum, are published in the John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law (available in print and online). As a result, students have an opportunity for publication, while contributing to the body of knowledge in the rapidly-changing fields of information technology and privacy law.
John Marshall students gain a unique hands-on opportunity to analyze and research substantive technology and legal issues through the drafting of the competition problems and bench memoranda. Students also help with competition operations.
Judges, practitioners, educators and other participants gain insight into developing issues, have the chance to mentor the next generation of lawyers, and build valuable networking opportunities.
Frequently, participants in the competition address novel legal problems months or years before similar issues reach the courts. In 1996, for example, competitors considered the implications of a domain name registration authority revoking a domain name because the registrant had been accused of sending spam e-mails. In 2006, an issue of first impression for the courts arose when an Illinois firm asked a court to order the registration authority to suspend a British company's domain name, alleging that the company had falsely accused the Illinois firm of sending spam. In this year's competition, advocates are addressing the liability of a person who posted a defamatory page under a classmate's name on a social networking website. A similar lawsuit was filed a few weeks ago in Texas by a school administrator against two students who posted a defamatory MySpace page under her name -- apparently the first widely-reported case of this nature.
The information technology and privacy landscape has undergone astounding changes in 25 years. In 1982, the year of the first competition, only four percent of American homes had a VCR. It was not until a year later that the term “Internet” was first used. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act would not be passed for another four years and it would be eleven more years before the first graphical web browser Mosaic was released. It would be another 16 years before the number of websites on the Internet reached one million.
There is now widespread acceptance and use of technologies that did not exist 25 years ago. The proliferation of crimes such as identity theft, acts of terrorism, governmental surveillance, the growing use of data mining and personal profiling, and a myriad of other factors have raised public awareness of the impact of emerging technology on individual privacy rights and society in general. This competition has been on the forefront of presenting these issues to the legal community and asking participants to consider questions such as:
• Should a bank be liable for release of computerized customer information?
• Is there a cause of action for computer programmer malpractice?
• Are privacy rights implicated when information compiled from public records is republished?
• Is a contract made via the internet enforceable?
• Does monitoring and recording of voice mail messages in the workplace constitute a violation of privacy law?
• Does the spouse of a political candidate have any right of privacy regarding health information?
We will continue to ask the novel and perhaps unanswerable questions as the Annual John Marshall International Moot Court Competition moves into its second quarter century.
Each year, teams from law schools throughout the United States and as far away as Canada, Australia, India, South Korea, and Cameroon come to The John Marshall Law School to brief and argue emerging issues in information technology and privacy law before distinguished federal and state court judges, professors, and experienced practitioners.
Competitors gain valuable litigation experience through a rigorous writing exercise as well as an intensive sequence of oral arguments. The top briefs in each year's competition, along with the competition bench memorandum, are published in the John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law (available in print and online). As a result, students have an opportunity for publication, while contributing to the body of knowledge in the rapidly-changing fields of information technology and privacy law.
John Marshall students gain a unique hands-on opportunity to analyze and research substantive technology and legal issues through the drafting of the competition problems and bench memoranda. Students also help with competition operations.
Judges, practitioners, educators and other participants gain insight into developing issues, have the chance to mentor the next generation of lawyers, and build valuable networking opportunities.
Frequently, participants in the competition address novel legal problems months or years before similar issues reach the courts. In 1996, for example, competitors considered the implications of a domain name registration authority revoking a domain name because the registrant had been accused of sending spam e-mails. In 2006, an issue of first impression for the courts arose when an Illinois firm asked a court to order the registration authority to suspend a British company's domain name, alleging that the company had falsely accused the Illinois firm of sending spam. In this year's competition, advocates are addressing the liability of a person who posted a defamatory page under a classmate's name on a social networking website. A similar lawsuit was filed a few weeks ago in Texas by a school administrator against two students who posted a defamatory MySpace page under her name -- apparently the first widely-reported case of this nature.
The information technology and privacy landscape has undergone astounding changes in 25 years. In 1982, the year of the first competition, only four percent of American homes had a VCR. It was not until a year later that the term “Internet” was first used. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act would not be passed for another four years and it would be eleven more years before the first graphical web browser Mosaic was released. It would be another 16 years before the number of websites on the Internet reached one million.
There is now widespread acceptance and use of technologies that did not exist 25 years ago. The proliferation of crimes such as identity theft, acts of terrorism, governmental surveillance, the growing use of data mining and personal profiling, and a myriad of other factors have raised public awareness of the impact of emerging technology on individual privacy rights and society in general. This competition has been on the forefront of presenting these issues to the legal community and asking participants to consider questions such as:
• Should a bank be liable for release of computerized customer information?
• Is there a cause of action for computer programmer malpractice?
• Are privacy rights implicated when information compiled from public records is republished?
• Is a contract made via the internet enforceable?
• Does monitoring and recording of voice mail messages in the workplace constitute a violation of privacy law?
• Does the spouse of a political candidate have any right of privacy regarding health information?
We will continue to ask the novel and perhaps unanswerable questions as the Annual John Marshall International Moot Court Competition moves into its second quarter century.
This Year's Topic
The tradition continues...
In this year's competition, participants are addressing complex legal issues raised by the posting of a false profile on a social networking website. MySpace.com and similar social networking sites have featured prominently in the news as of late. Just last month, a school administrator in Texas sued two students who posted a defamatory MySpace page under her name.
In Ross v. Jackson, the subject of this year's competition, the plaintiff is a college basketball star; the defendant is a fellow student who posted a web page under the plaintiff's name after he broke off their relationship. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant is liable for defaming him, invading his privacy by placing him in a false light, and interfering with his professional basketball prospects. She says she didn't intend for the page to be viewed by the public, and shouldn't be held responsible for consequences beyond her control.
In this year's competition, participants are addressing complex legal issues raised by the posting of a false profile on a social networking website. MySpace.com and similar social networking sites have featured prominently in the news as of late. Just last month, a school administrator in Texas sued two students who posted a defamatory MySpace page under her name.
In Ross v. Jackson, the subject of this year's competition, the plaintiff is a college basketball star; the defendant is a fellow student who posted a web page under the plaintiff's name after he broke off their relationship. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant is liable for defaming him, invading his privacy by placing him in a false light, and interfering with his professional basketball prospects. She says she didn't intend for the page to be viewed by the public, and shouldn't be held responsible for consequences beyond her control.
Welcome!
Welcome to the 25th Annual International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law. For the past quarter century, the competition has addressed questions raised by emerging technologies and their influence on information and privacy law and policy. The competition is produced by The John Marshall Law School’s Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law in conjunction with the Moot Court Honors Program.
We are pleased that you are participating this year and hope that you find the competition enjoyable, educational and challenging. While you are here, we invite you to explore and enjoy the benefits of Chicago and The John Marshall Law School.
No matter what type of law you practice or intend to pursue, technology and privacy issues will impact you and your clients every day. The John Marshall Law School’s Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law offers courses, activities, and degree programs that will help you develop the marketable expertise required for today’s technology driven world.
The Center boasts the first and most comprehensive LL.M. degree program in information technology and privacy law in the nation. It is designed for practicing lawyers as well as for individuals pursuing an academic interest in the field. Career enhancing extra-curricular activities include our internationally renowned Journal of Computer and Information Law, networking, internships, scholarly research projects, placement opportunities, and of course, the annual international moot court competition.
As we celebrate our silver anniversary, the competition organizers would like to thank The John Marshall Law School administration, faculty, staff, volunteers and alumni for their continued support of this competition. We also would like to extend our special thanks to the competition judges who bring out the best in our competitors and promote the highest levels of civility and advocacy, ethics and professionalism.
Leslie Ann Reis, Director
Richard C. Balough, Assoc. Director
David E. Sorkin, Competition Advisor
Pamela Penczak Potter, Competition Coordinator
Congratulations to the 2005 winners!
Congratulations to the winners from last year's competition (2005)
First Place: Chicago-Kent College of Law- Elaine Wyder-Harshman and Cherish M. Keller (also Best Respondent's Brief).
Second Place: Southern Methodist University-Dedman School of Law- Joshua Somers, Elizabeth Perry and Teresa Harrold.
First Place: Chicago-Kent College of Law- Elaine Wyder-Harshman and Cherish M. Keller (also Best Respondent's Brief).
Second Place: Southern Methodist University-Dedman School of Law- Joshua Somers, Elizabeth Perry and Teresa Harrold.
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