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The championship round of IU McKinney’s Honorable Robert H. Staton Intramural Moot Court Competition was held at the Indiana Supreme Court on November 4. The round pitted Tyler Holmes and James Harry against Josh Woodward and Jessica Hilger. After a close round, Holmes and Harry were declared champions. Woodward took home honors as the best oralist in the championship round.

The panel who judged the round consisted of Justice Mark Massa, ’89, of the Indiana Supreme Court; Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, ’83, and Magistrate Judge Tim Baker of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana; and Judges Ted Najam and Cale Bradford, ’86, of the Indiana Court of Appeals.

The Moot Court Board announced the recipients of two other Staton Competition awards. Kristina Frey won honors for the best oralist in the preliminary rounds, and Robert Swider won honors for the best brief in the competition.

The 2015 Moot Court Board, tasked with running the Staton Competition, was made up of the following students:

• Chief Justice: Sarah Hurdle
• Assistant Chief Justice, Staton Competition: Audreyalice Warner
• Assistant Chief Justice, Problem Creation: Scott Oliver
• Assistant Chief Justice, Bylaws: Allyson Kage
• Assistant Chief Justice, National Competitions: Tricia Hall
• Associate Justice, Scheduling: Kate Hendrickson
• Associate Justice, Scorekeeping: Bill Schoelwer
• Associate Justice, Information Technology: Jake Ahler
• Associate Justices, Competition Management: Kate Bacon, Ken Enright, Josh Friend, Molly Guinnip, Brad Riley, Jordan Slusher, Michael Sullivan, and Katherine Voskoboynik

In the photo, in the top row from left, are Judge Bradford, Judge Magnus-Stinson, Justice Massa, Judge Najam and Judge Baker. In the bottom row from left are James Harry, Tyler Holmes, Dean Andrew Klein, Jessi Hilger and Josh Woodward.