IT Moot Court

2011 Final Results

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Complete scores are posted here (PDF).

First Place Team
University of Kansas School of Law (Team 16)
Nathan Lindsey, Christopher Omlid

Second Place Team
Michigan State University College of Law (Team 9)
Robert Carollo, Edmund Luggen, Alec Kempster

Semifinalist Teams
Baylor Law School (Team 1)
Erik Baumann, Amanda Neugebauer
and
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Team 11)
Steven Osit, Darya Zuravicky, Elana Jacob

Ambassador Round Winner
Murdoch University School of Law (Australia) (Team 20)

Malcolm Jezewski, Brynn Horner, Ryan van der Merwe

Ambassador Round Finalist
Gujarat National Law University (India) (Team 2)

Shimolee Jhaveri, Spoorthi Priya Madhavaram

Best Oralist

Edmund Luggen, Michigan State University College of Law (Team 9)

Best Petitioner Brief
University of Kansas School of Law (Team 16)
Nathan Lindsey, Christopher Omlid

Best Respondent Brief
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Team 11)
Steven Osit, Darya Zuravicky, Elana Jacob

Shadow Team
The John Marshall Law School (Team 27)
Ashley Coppola, Nicole Detweiler

Final Round Teams

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Team 9 - Michigan State University College of Law

Team 16 - University of Kansas School of Law

Final Round

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Final Round - Saturday, October 29, 2011, 2:00 pm

Team 16 (Petitioner) vs. Team 9 (Respondent)

Semifinalist Teams

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Team 1 - Baylor Law School

Team 11 - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Semifinal Round

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Semifinal Round - Saturday, October 29, 2011, 10:30 am

Team 16 (Petitioner) vs. Team 11 (Respondent)
Team 9 (Petitioner) vs. Team 1 (Respondent)

Ambassador Round

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Ambassador Round - Saturday, October 29, 2011, 2:00 pm

Team 20 (Petitioner) vs. Team 2 (Respondent)

Team 2 - Gujarat National Law University

Team 20 - Murdoch University School of Law

Quarterfinal Round

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Quarterfinal Round - Friday, October 28, 2011

2:00 pm
Team 11 (Petitioner) vs. Team 6 (Respondent)
Team 16 (Petitioner) vs. Team 7 (Respondent)

3:30 pm
Team 19 (Petitioner) vs. Team 1 (Respondent)
Team 4 (Petitioner) vs. Team 9 (Respondent)

Octofinal Round

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Octofinal Round - Friday, October 28, 2011

9:30 am
Team 11 (Petitioner) vs. Team 3 (Respondent)
Team 6 (Petitioner) vs. Team 8 (Respondent)
Team 22 (Petitioner) vs. Team 7 (Respondent)
Team 20 (Petitioner) vs. Team 16 (Respondent)

11:00 am
Team 5 (Petitioner) vs. Team 1 (Respondent)
Team 4 (Petitioner) vs. Team 14 (Respondent)
Team 10 (Petitioner) vs. Team 9 (Respondent)
Team 23 (Petitioner) vs. Team 19 (Respondent)

Preliminary Rounds

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Between preliminary rounds ... Thursday, October 27, 2011

Welcome!

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The Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law welcomes competitors, judges, and friends to Chicago, The John Marshall Law School, and the 30th Annual International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law.

Photo credit: contemplative imaging, license CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

2010 Final Results

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Complete scores are posted here (PDF).

First Place Team
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (Team 18)
Erin Tyler, Jody Rodenberg, Kimberly Hodgman

Second Place Team
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (Team 15)
Anna Jill Smith, Carrie Yovanovitch, Scott Thompson

Semifinalist Teams
Stetson University College of Law (Team 5)
Christian Leger, Ryan Schmidt, Corey Suter
and
University of California Hastings College of Law (Team 10)
Kelly Foss, Vince Lombardozzi, Jared Palmer

Ambassador Round Winner
Gujarat National Law University, India (Team 1)
Stuti Subbaiah K., Sravya Movva, Rhuta Deobagkar

Ambassador Round Finalist
School of Excellence in Law, India (Team 22)
Poonamallee Shyam Sunder Deepika, Aishwarya Rukmani Krish Kaurnakaran,
Anto Nishanth Yeddanapalli, Senthil Kumaran Manickam

Best Oralist
Brian Sandor, Michigan State University (Team 6)

Best Petitioner Brief
University of California Hastings (Team 10)
Kelly Foss, Vince Lombardozzi, Jared Palmer

Best Respondent Brief
Southern Methodist University (Team 18)
Erin Tyler, Jody Rodenberg, Kimberly Hodgman

Shadow Team
The John Marshall Law School (Team 25)
Emily Adams, Matt Andris

2010 Semifinal Round

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Congratulations to the semifinalist teams...

Semifinal Round - Saturday, October 30, 2010

9:30 am
Team 10 (Petitioner) vs. Team 18 (Respondent)

11:00 am
Team 15 (Petitioner) vs. Team 5 (Respondent)

And Yet More Early Round Photos

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More Early Round Photos

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Early Rounds

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2010 Quarterfinal Round

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Pairings for the quarterfinal round, Friday, October 29, 2010:

2:00 pm
Team 10 (Petitioner) vs. Team 17 (Respondent)
Team 14 (Petitioner) vs. Team 18 (Respondent)

3:30 pm
Team 5 (Petitioner) vs. Team 23 (Respondent)
Team 15 (Petitioner) vs. Team 6 (Respondent)

2010 Octofinal Round

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Octofinal Round
Friday, October 29, 2010

9:30 am
Team 3 (Petitioner) vs. Team 14 (Respondent)
Team 10 (Petitioner) vs. Team 12 (Respondent)
Team 16 (Petitioner) vs. Team 17 (Respondent)
Team 18 (Petitioner) vs. Team 19 (Respondent)

11:00 am
Team 2 (Petitioner) vs. Team 23 (Respondent)
Team 6 (Petitioner) vs. Team 4 (Respondent)
Team 7 (Petitioner) vs. Team 5 (Respondent)
Team 15 (Petitioner) vs. Team 11 (Respondent)

2010 Ambassador Round

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The Ambassador Round will take place on Saturday, October 30, 2010, at 1:00 pm.

Team 22 (Petitioner) vs. Team 1 (Respondent)

WELCOME!

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The Information Technology and Privacy Law Center welcomes everybody to the 29th Annual John Marshall Law School Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy law.

We trust this year's competition will again be a huge success!

Good luck everybody!

Final Results (2009)

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First Place Team
Stetson University College of Law (Team 3)
Aisha Sanchez, J'Aimee Crockett, Ryan Schmidt

Second Place Team
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (Team 1)
Megan Peterson, Tyler Rench

Semifinalist Teams
Michigan State University College of Law (Team 4)
Bridget Curry, Josh Patrick, Matt Scarfone
and
Northern Illinois University College of Law (Team 18)
Thomas Chan, Daniel Kegl, Steven Boldt

Ambassador Round Winner
University of Pretoria Faculty of Law (Team 32)
Charné van Biljon, Itumeleng Matlou

Ambassador Round Finalist
Gujarat National Law University (Team 21)
Pratyusha Appari, Shreyas Mehrotra, Harini Susarla

Best Oralist
M. Colby Gunnels, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (Team 23)

Best Petitioner Brief
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (Team 1)
Megan Peterson, Tyler Rench

Best Respondent Brief
South Texas College of Law (Team 2)
Michael Jones, Stuart Ladner, Sabrina Stone

Shadow Team
The John Marshall Law School (Team 33)
Christopher M. Hiller, James Payonk III

Finalists Announced

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Final Round - Saturday, October 3, 2009

3:00 pm
Team 3 (Petitioner) vs. Team 1 (Respondent)

Semifinalists Announced

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Semifinal Rounds - Saturday, October 3, 2009

9:30 am
Team 4 (Petitioner) vs. Team 1 (Respondent)

11:00 am
Team 3 (Petitioner) vs. Team 18 (Respondent)

Ambassador Round - Saturday, October 3, 2009

1:00 pm
Team 21 vs. Team 32 (sides to be determined)

Pictures of the 2009 Competition

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Pictures of the 2009 Competition have been posted and will be updated throughout the weekend.

2009 Moot Court Pics

Quarter Final Teams and Remaining Ambassador Round Team Announced

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Quarterfinal Rounds - Friday, October 2, 2009

2:00 pm
Room 526 - Team 4 (Petitioner) vs. Team 5 (Respondent)
Room 528 - Team 12 (Petitioner) vs. Team 1 (Respondent)

3:30 pm
Room 526 - Team 23 (Petitioner) vs. Team 18 (Respondent)
Room 528 - Team 3 (Petitioner) vs. Team 25 (Respondent)

Ambassador Round - Saturday, October 3, 2009, 1:00 pm
Team 21 vs. Team 32, sides to be determined

Octofinal Teams and First Ambassador Team Announced

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Octofinal Rounds - Friday, October 2, 2009

9:30 am
Room 526 - Team 28 (Petitioner) vs. Team 1 (Respondent)
Room 527 - Team 4 (Petitioner) vs. Team 7 (Respondent)
Room 528 - Team 20 (Petitioner) vs. Team 5 (Respondent)
Room 531 - Team 8 (Petitioner) vs. Team 12 (Respondent)

11:00 am
Room 526 - Team 18 (Petitioner) vs. Team 2 (Respondent)
Room 527 - Team 9 (Petitioner) vs. Team 3 (Respondent)
Room 528 - Team 25 (Petitioner) vs. Team 22 (Respondent)
Room 531 - Team 23 (Petitioner) vs. Team 32 (Respondent)

Ambassador Round - Saturday, October 3, 2009, 1:00 pm
Team 21 vs. Team to be determined (sides TBD)

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Briefs Posted

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Submitted Petitioner and Respondent briefs have been posted on the IT Moot Court website here.

Good luck to all the teams in preparing their oral arguments!

Record on Appeal is Now Available

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The Record on Appeal has been posted for the 2009 competition.

The deadline for requests for interpretation has been extended to August 7, 2009, and the deadline for filing briefs remains as Friday, September 4, 2009.

Good luck to all of this year's competitors!

2009 Competition Dates Announced

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Save the date!

The 28th Annual John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law will be held on:

October 1-3, 2009

at John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois.

For more information about this and previous competitions, log on to our website at www.itmootcourt.com or email us at itmootcourt@jmls.edu.

Virtual affair leads to real divorce for UK couple

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A virtual affair is ending a real-life marriage in southwest England.

Amy Taylor filed for divorce when she discovered her husband cheating in Second Life — an online community where players adopt personas called avatars, mingle with others and teleport themselves into a series of artificial worlds.

Click on the link for the full story...

Pictures of the 2008 Competition

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Click below for pictures from the 2008 Competition

2008 Competition

2008 Competition Results

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First Place:
Team 9, Michigan State University College of Law

Second Place:
Team 21, Texas Tech University School of Law

Semifinalists:
Team 11, South Texas College of Law
Team 20, Stetson University College of Law

Ambassador Round Winner:
Team 8, University of Pretoria Faculty of Law

Best Oralist:
Brittany Lannen, Team 13, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law

Best Petitioner's Brief:
Team 9, Michigan State University College of Law

Best Respondent's Brief:
Team 7, University of California - Hastings College of the Law

Full results are here.

Final Round

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Final Round - Saturday, October 25, 2008, 3:00 pm, room 310:

Team 21 (Petitioner) vs. Team 9 (Respondent)

Semifinal and Ambassador Rounds

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Saturday, October 25, 2008, room 310

Semifinal Round:
9:30 am - Team 11 (Petitioner) vs. Team 9 (Respondent)
11:00 am - Team 21 (Petitioner) v. Team 20 (Respondent)

Ambassador Round:
1:00 pm - Team 8 (Petitioner) vs. Team 12 (Respondent)

Waiting...

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A lot of time is spent waiting, but the teams seem to be in good spirits!

Quarterfinal Round

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Quarterfinal Round - Friday afternoon, October 24, 2008:

2:00 pm
room 526 - Team 17 (Petitioner) vs. Team 9 (Respondent)
room 528 - Team 16 (Petitioner) vs. Team 11 (Respondent)

3:30 pm
room 526 - Team 5 (Petitioner) vs. Team 20 (Respondent)
room 528 - Team 21 (Petitioner) vs. Team 23 (Respondent)

Teams 17-27 - Pictures

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Once again, more team pictures.

Team 17

Team 18

Team 19

Team 20

Team 21

Team 22

Team 23

Team 27

Not pictured: Team 24

Teams 9-16 - Pictures

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More team pictures.

Team 9

Team 10

Team 11

Team 12

Team 13

Team 15

Team 16

More team pictures will be posted later today.

Octofinal Round

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Octofinal Round - Friday morning, October 24, 2008:

9:30 am
room 526 - Team 11 (Petitioner) vs. Team 2 (Respondent)
room 527 - Team 3 (Petitioner) vs. Team 9 (Respondent)
room 528 - Team 7 (Petitioner) vs. Team 17 (Respondent)
room 531 - Team 16 (Petitioner) vs. Team 12 (Respondent)

11:00 am
room 526 - Team 5 (Petitioner) vs. Team 13 (Respondent)
room 527 - Team 10 (Petitioner) vs. Team 23 (Respondent)
room 528 - Team 19 (Petitioner) vs. Team 20 (Respondent)
room 531 - Team 21 (Petitioner) vs. Team 22 (Respondent)

Life Imitates Art

2008-10-23T17:58:00.006-05:00

Meanwhile, in the "real" world...

TOKYO, October 23, 2008 – Police in Japan have arrested a woman who murdered the avatar of her online ex-husband in "Maple Story," a popular interactive game. She reportedly used his login information, which she had obtained while they were "married," to delete his digital persona after he suddenly divorced her.

More here: AP via Yahoo!

Teams 1-8 - Pictures

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Pictures of the teams. Show us your smiling faces!

Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

Team 4

Team 5

Team 6

Team 7

Team 8

More will be posted tomorrow morning! Also, let us know if you'd like a copy of the picture (full-sized originals) emailed to you.

Welcome!

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Welcome to the 27th Annual John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law!

We enjoyed meeting many of the competitors at the opening reception on Wednesday evening.

Schedule of Events

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2008 briefs posted

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Briefs submitted by participants in the 27th Annual Competition are now posted here, on the Competition website. Oral arguments will take place October 23-25, 2008. Preliminary round pairings will be announced on October 23.

2008 Requests for Interpretation posted

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Requests for Interpretation that were submitted pursuant to § 1090 of the Competition Rules, along with the Competition Committee's responses thereto, are now posted here, on the Competition website.

2007 Competition Results

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First Place:
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

Second Place:
University of California Hastings College of the Law

Semifinalists:
Brooklyn Law School
Stetson University College of Law

Ambassador Round Winner:
Texas Wesleyan School of Law

Best Oralist:
Brandon Graves, University of Virginia School of Law

Best Petitioner's Brief:
University of California Hastings College of the Law

Best Respondent's Brief:
Stetson University College of Law

Full results are here.

Final Round

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Final Round - Saturday, October 20, 2007, 3:00 pm, room 310:

Team 19 (Petitioner) vs. Team 7 (Respondent)

Semifinal and Ambassador Rounds

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Saturday, October 20, 2007, room 310

Semifinal Round:
9:30 am - Team 18 (Petitioner) vs. Team 7 (Respondent)
11:00 am - Team 19 (Petitioner) vs. Team 9 (Respondent)

Ambassador Round:
1:00 pm - Team 23 (Petitioner) vs. Team 11 (Respondent)

The competition continues ...

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Quarterfinal Round

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Quarterfinal Round - Friday afternoon, October 19, 2007:

2:00 pm
room 526 - Team 23 (Petitioner) vs. Team 7 (Respondent)
room 528 - Team 18 (Petitioner) vs. Team 16 (Respondent)

3:30 pm
room 526 - Team 9 (Petitioner) vs. Team 15 (Respondent)
room 528 - Team 19 (Petitioner) vs. Team 11 (Respondent)

Octofinal Round

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Octofinal Round - Friday morning, October 19, 2007:

9:30 am
room 522 - Team 18 (Petitioner) vs. Team 2 (Respondent)
room 526 - Team 3 (Petitioner) vs. Team 7 (Respondent)
room 527 - Team 23 (Petitioner) vs. Team 13 (Respondent)
room 528 - Team 16 (Petitioner) vs. Team 21 (Respondent)

11:00 am
room 522 - Team 4 (Petitioner) vs. Team 15 (Respondent)
room 526 - Team 5 (Petitioner) vs. Team 19 (Respondent)
room 527 - Team 6 (Petitioner) vs. Team 11 (Respondent)
room 528 - Team 9 (Petitioner) vs. Team 22 (Respondent)

Welcome!

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Welcome to the 26th Annual International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law. For more than a 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 by your participation and hope you find the competition enjoyable, educational and challenging. While you are here, we invite you to explore and to enjoy the benefits of Chicago and The John Marshall Law School.

Technology and privacy issues affect every area of the law today. At the Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law, we prepare lawyers to address this rapidly changing technology. The Center will celebrate its silver anniversary in 2008-2009. For nearly 25 years, we have been educating lawyers by offering courses, activities and degree programs for you to develop a marketable expertise for today's and tomorrow's law practice.

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. It also enables lawyers to turn their mandatory continuing legal education requirements into an advanced degree. Career enhancing extra-curricular activities include our internationally renowned Journal of Computer & Information Law, networking, internships, scholarly research projects, placement opportunities, and of course, this annual international moot court competition.

The competition organizers wish 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

David E. Sorkin
Competition Advisor

Richard C. Balough
Associate Director

Panagiota Kelali
Competition Coordinator

The Winners

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Pictures of the 2006 winners with their awards--

First Place- Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (left to right: Anndi Queenan, Chris Norris, Justin Sisemore)

Second Place- Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law (left to right: Susannah Barr, Katy Kennedy, Joseph LaHatte, III)

Semifinalists-
Michigan State University College of Law (left to right: James English, Katie O'Neill, and Brook Bisonet)

Pepperdine University School of Law (not pictured)

Ambassador Round Winner- Texas Tech University School of Law (left to right: Sara Thornton, Graigory Fancher)

Best Oralist- Marie Bonitatibus, New York Law School

Best Petitioner's Brief- Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (left to right: Chris Norris, Justin Sisemore, Anndi Queenan)

Best Respondent's Brief- University of California Hastings College of the Law (left to right: Jennifer Simmen Lewin, Jerome C. Pandell, Timothy T. Hsieh)

Awards Banquet

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Assorted pics-

2006 Competition Results

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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

Results....

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...will be posted shortly. Good luck to all and thank you for participating!

Final Round

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Team 6 vs. Team 28

Ambassador Round

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Team 8 vs. Team 12

Final Round - 2006 Competition

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The Final Round for the 2006 competition will take place at 3:00 pm on Saturday, October 28, between Team 6 and Team 28.

Judge's Dinner @ Morton's

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Speeches!!

The room...

The smiling faces!

Semifinal and Ambassador Rounds

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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

Choosing Sides for the Semifinal Round

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Click below to see a video of sides being chosen for the Semifinal Round.

Quarterfinal round pictures

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Quarterfinal Round

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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

It's a (Competitors) Party!

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Feeding our hungry competitors... but what they really want to know is, who's going on to the next round?

Octofinal Round

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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

Thursday evening @ Dirksen (Judges)

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The judges prepare for Rounds 3 and 4...

Leaving for Round 3-

In between Rounds 3 and 4

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Some are relieved to be done, others get ready for Round 4!

Family waiting-- what nice moms and dads!

Round 3-- switch

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Respondents are now Petitioners and vice versa!

Thursday afternoon (Judges)

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A big thank you to all of our judges for their participation!! We couldn't have this competition without your help.

Before Round 3 @ Dirksen

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Let's see those smiling faces!

Round 2 -- go!

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Round 2 competitors waiting to start...

The judges explain...

Done with Round 2!

Waiting for Round 2 to start

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Our fearless leaders!

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Profs. Reis and Sorkin have a discussion during Round 2...

Preliminary Round 1 Oralists

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Passionate arguments from our competitors!

Thursday- Preliminary Round 1

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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

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A great kick-off to an exciting event! Many thanks to Judge Norgle for speaking.

(click on the pictures for a larger view)

Dean Corkery's Opening Program Remarks

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Click below to see a short video of Dean Corkery's remarks at the
opening program.

Why This Competition is Unique...

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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.

This Year's Topic

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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.

Welcome!

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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!

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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.

Competition Results

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Congratulations to all of the participants in this year's competition. Here are the results:

Best Oralist
Noaman Azhar, Texas Tech University School of Law

Best Petitioner's Brief
University of California - Hastings College of Law

Best Respondent's Brief
Chicago-Kent College of Law

Ambassador Round Winner
Macquarie University Division of Law

Semifinalists
University of California - Hastings College of Law
South Texas College of Law

Second Place
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law

First Place
Chicago-Kent College of Law

(All of the scores will be posted on the main website, itmootcourt.com, within the next few days.)

Final Round

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The final round, at 3:00 pm on Saturday, October 29, will be between Team 10 and Team 20.

Semifinal Round

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The following teams will compete in the Semifinal Round on Saturday, October 29:

9:30 am - Team 10 vs. Team 14
11:00 am - Team 4 vs. Team 20

Quarterfinal and Ambassador Rounds

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Quarterfinal Round - Friday, October 28
2:00 pm -
Room 527 - Team 6 vs. Team 14
Room 528 - Team 12 vs. Team 10
3:30 pm -
Room 527 - Team 5 vs. Team 20
Room 528 - Team 11 vs. Team 4

Ambassador Round - Saturday, October 29
1:00 pm -
Team 8 vs. Team 18

Octofinal round action

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Octofinal round

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Here are the pairings for the Octofinal round on Friday, October 28:

9:30 -
Room 522 - Team 3 vs. Team 10
Room 525 - Team 6 vs. Team 8
Room 527 - Team 12 vs. Team 7
Room 528 - Team 21 vs. Team 14

11:00 -
Room 522 - Team 2 vs. Team 4
Room 525 - Team 18 vs. Team 5
Room 527 - Team 25 vs. Team 11
Room 528 - Team 20 vs. Team 24

Preliminary Round Action

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More Open House

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Center for Information Technology & Privacy Law Open House

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Welcome

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Welcome to the 24th Annual John Marshall International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law. The Competition runs from Thursday, October 27 through Saturday, October 29, 2005. Please visit this site often for updates, pictures and more...

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Announcement: Results Posted

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Results and scores from the 2004 Competition are now posted at itmootcourt.com.

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Final Round

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Final Round

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Watching the final round (note blog in background)

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Watching the final round