Hastings College of the Law Captures 55 th Annual National Moot Court Competition At the New York City Bar Association

SAN FRANCISCO-BASED HASTINGS BEATS 27 OTHER SCHOOLS FOR TOP HONORS

New York, N.Y. – TheUniversity of California’s Hastings College of the Law won the final round of the 55th Annual National Moot Court Competition on Thursday, February 3, 2005, at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Law students on the winning team included: Leah Bolstad, Mark D’Argenio and Eliza Hoard.

Drake University Law School , Des Moines, Iowa,took second-place honors. Team members included: Daniel J. Anderson, Matthew R. Eslick and Anna E. Wholey.

Best Brief honors went to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, and Best Runner-Up Brief went to the University of Montana School of Law.

Best Speaker went to Leah Bolstad, Hastings College, and runner-up honors went to Matthew R. Eslick, Drake University.

Judges for the final round of the competition included: The Honorable Joan M. Azrack, United States Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of New York; the Honorable Barry Cozier, Supreme Court Justice, Appellate Division, First Department; the Honorable Julio M. Fuentes, Judge, United States Court of the Appeals for the Third Circuit; the Honorable Reena Raggi, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; the Honorable Sidney H. Stein, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District; James W. Morris, III, President, American College of Trial Lawyers; Bettina B. Plevan, President, Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Twenty-eight winning and runner-up teams from 14 regions across the United States competed in the final rounds of the National Moot Court Competition. The American College of Trial Lawyers, a national organization composed of approximately 2,000 of the leading advocates in the United States, is a co-sponsor of the competition with the Association’s Young Lawyers Committee.

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