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Winners of the Robert H. Staton Intramural Moot Court Competition Announced
11/29/2016
IU McKinney 2Ls Jason Clark and Jacob Irven won the annual Robert H. Staton Moot Court Competition. The final round of the event was held in the Indiana Supreme Court’s Courtroom on November 15. Runners-up in the event were 2L Sierra Murray, and 3L Chrissy Astbury.
In addition, Clark captured the Christopher M. Maine Advocacy Award, which is awarded to the best oralist in the championship round. Second-year student Katherine Moore won the Mitzi H. Martin Moot Court Award, which is awarded to the best oralist in the preliminary rounds. Third-year student Caroline Ryker won the Best Brief Award.
In the photo in the front row from left are Sierra Murray, Jacob Irven, Jason Clark, and Chrissy Astbury
In the back row are those who judged the competition. They are, from left, President and CEO of the Marion County Health and Hospital Corporation Matthew Gutwein; Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Rudolph Pyle; Judge John Tinder, who retired from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; and U.S. District Court Judge Richard Young.
