Awards and Honors

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2011-2012 Season Breakdown by Competition

NATIONAL APPELLATE ADVOCACY REGIONAL COMPETITION
Regional Finalists (Nick Billings, Stephanie Kang, Diana Rogosa)
Regional Semi-Finalists (Alicia Jovias, Scott Sawyer, Skye Kovach)
4th Place Regional Oral Advocate (Nick Billings)
5th Place Regional Oral Advocate (Alicia Jovais)
9th Place Regional Oral Advocate (Stephanie Kang)
5th Place Regional Brief (Alicia Jovias, Scott Sawyer, Skye Kovach)

PACE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION
Best Oral Advocates Preliminary Rounds (Ivy Paek, Rachel Maire, Devon Pratt)
Quarterfinalist finish

TULANE MARDI GRAS INVITATIONAL NATIONAL SPORTS LAW COMPETITION
Octofinalist finish (Matt Tabo, Sarah Gosling, Nick Deming)
5th Place Brief

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION
Regional Champions (Milan Sundaresan, Justin Biolo, Patience Ren)
Best Final Round Oral Advocate (Justin Biolo)

ASYLUM & REFUGEE LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION
National Champions (Shadda Nasralla and Erika Schmidt)
3rd Place Brief (Brian Noh and Phil Johnson)

WHITTIER NATIONAL JUVENILE LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION
Finalists/2nd Place (Jackie Dailey and Jessica Winter)
Best Brief (Jackie Dailey and Jessica Winter)
Top 10 Oral Advocate Preliminary Rounds (Jackie Dailey)

SAUL LEFKOWITZ TRADEMARK LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION
Preliminary Rounds with Distinctions (William Casey, Justin Berlin, and Shioun Kim)

NAPABA THOMAS TANG REGIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION
Regional Champions (Erin Pham and Elaine Kuo)
Finalists/2nd Place (Henry Truong and Joanna Lee)
Best Regional Brief (Erin Pham and Elaine Kuo)
2nd Place Regional Brief (Daniel Duan and Natassia Kwan)
Best Regional Oral Advocate (Joanna Lee)
2nd Place Regional Oral Advocate (Erin Pham)

NAPABA THOMAS TANG NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION
National Champions (Erin Pham and Elaine Kuo)
Finalists/2nd Place (Henry Truong and Joanna Lee)
2nd Place National Oral Advocate (Erin Pham)

MARSHALL TECHNOLOGY AND PRIVACY LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION
International Quarterfinalists (Jay Carson, Catey Davidson and Emily Skrdla)

NATIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE MOOT COURT COMPETITION
Octofinalist finishes for both teams (Brian Stanton and Jennifer Sihn) (Chris Petroni and Chrissy Saunders)
3rd Place Petitioner’s Brief (Brian Stanton and Jennifer Sihn)

NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION (SAN FRANCISCO REGIONALS)
Semifinalist finishes for both teams (Peter Franklin, Madihha Ahussain and Dakotah Griscom Benjamin) (Ryan Rezaei, Taryn Hunter and Ruth Israely)
Best Regional Brief (Peter Franklin, Madihha Ahussain and Dakotah Griscom Benjamin)
5th Place Regional Brief (Ryan Rezaei, Taryn Hunter and Ruth Israely)

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION
Finalists/2nd Place (Angela McIsaac, Candice Shih and Sara Moore)

PHILIP C. JESSUP INTERNATIONAL LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION (REGIONAL ROUNDS)
5th Place Brief (Lance Cidre, Megan Havstad, Carolyn Lee, Ken Nabity and Jessica Owen)
2nd Place Oral Advocate (Megan Havstad)
5th Place Oral Advocate (Ken Nabity)
Top Ten Oral Advocate (Lance Cidre)

ABA NATIONAL APPELLATE ADVOCACY COMPETITION (REGIONAL ROUNDS)
Regional Champions (Nicolas Billings, Stephanie Kang and Diana Rogosa)
Regional Quarterfinalists (Alicia Jovais, Skye Kovach and Scott Sawyer)
5th Place Brief (Alicia Jovais, Skye Kovach and Scott Sawyer)
4th Place Oral Advocate (Nicolas Billings)
5th Place Oral Advocate (Alicia Jovais)
Top Ten Oral Advocate (Stephanie Kang)

CARDOZO/BMI ENTERTAINMENT & COMMUNICATIONS LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION
National Octofinalists (Robert Moutrie and Rachel Yourtz)
2nd Place Brief (Robert Moutrie and Rachel Yourtz)
Top Ten Oral Advocate (Robert Moutrie)

ROBERT F. WAGNER NATIONAL LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION
National Octofinalists (Kelly Foss, Christopher Petroni and Susan Tran)

EVAN A. EVANS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION
National Champions (Kendra Chapman and Rebecca Formanek)
National Semifinalists (Thomas Fay and Ryan McLaughlin)
Best Respondent Brief (Kendra Chapman and Rebecca Formanek)
2nd Place Petitioner Brief (Thomas Fay and Ryan McLaughlin)

THURGOOD A. MARSHALL MEMORIAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION
National Quarterfinalists (Jenna Morton and Zach Young)
Preliminary Rounds with Distinction (Jesse Berkowitz and Danielle Corkhill)
Preliminary Rounds with Distinction (Adam Kaplan and Shannon Roy)
2nd Place Oral Advocate (Zach Young)

PHILIP C. JESSUP INTERNATIONAL LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION (INTERNATIONAL ROUNDS)
International Quarterfinalists (Lance Cidre, Megan Havstad, Carolyn Lee, Ken Nabity and Jessica Owen)
2nd Place Oral Advocate (Lance Cidre)
Top Ten Oral Advocate (Jessica Owen)

STETSON INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION (INTERNATION ROUNDS)
International Finalists/2nd Place (Justin Biolo, Patience Ren and Milan Sundaresan)
2nd Place Oral Advocate (Justin Biolo)
Top Ten Oral Advocate (Milan Sundaresan)

JEROME PRINCE MEMORIAL EVIDENCE COMPETITION
National Finalists/2nd Place (Madihha Ahussain, Julia Heming and Judy Yang)
Best Oral Advocate (Final Round: Madihha Ahussain)

ABA NATIONAL APPELLATE ADVOCACY COMPETITION (NATIONAL ROUNDS)
National Quarterfinalists (Nicolas Billings, Stephanie Kang and Diana Rogosa)
Best Brief (Nicolas Billings, Stephanie Kang and Diana Rogosa)

ROGER J. TRAYNOR CALIFORNIA APPELLATE MOOT COURT COMPETITION
State Champions (Jessica Almendarez, Aaron Gest and Kevin Smith)
Best Oral Advocate (Kevin Smith)

2010-2011 Season Breakdown by Competition

NAPABA THOMAS TANG MOOT COURT COMPETITION: SAN FRANCISCO REGIONAL
Semi-finalist (Kelly Matayoshi and Alice Wang)
Semi-finalist (Ivy Paek & Judy Yang)
Regional Champion (Susan Tran & Matthew Tabo)  
Regional Best Brief (Ivy Paek & Judy Yang)
Regional Best Oralist (Judy Yang)
Regional 2nd place Brief (Susan Tran & Matthew Tabo)
All three Hastings teams advanced to the National Competition.

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