The 2013 Competition Results

The 2013 Harold H. Greene and Joyce Hens Green National Security Law Moot Court Competition was held February 9-10, 2013 at the George Washington University Law School.  Twenty-two teams from institutions all over the country participated, and the Final Round was argued in front of DC District Court Judge Richard Leon, former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Andrew Effron, and cybersecurity expert David Delaney.  The Competition's Chair was GW Law 3L Kyle T. Jones, and the Vice-Chairs were GW Law 2Ls Madeline Cohen and Laura Duncan.

The 2013 Final Round featured (from left to right) cybersecurity expert David Delaney;
former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Andrew Effron,
Catholic University's Michael Ellement and Richard Fox, George Washington University's
Bryce Blum and Josh Champagne, and DC District Court Judge Richard Leon.

The results of the Competition were as follows:

THE CHAMPIONS

The George Washington University Law School
Bryce Blum & Josh Champagne

THE RUNNERS-UP
Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law

Michael Ellement & Richard Fox

THE BEST OVERALL COMPETITORS

1) Christopher Rigali - Fordham University School of Law

2) Bryce Blum - The George Washington University Law School
3) Palak Shah - DePaul University College of Law

THE BEST ORALISTS

1) Bryce Blum - The George Washington University Law School

2) Tim Keane - Baylor Law School

3) Christopher Rigali - Fordham University School of Law

THE BEST BRIEFWRITERS

1) Fordham University School of Law - Ilene Goodman & Christopher Rigali

2) The George Washington University Law School - Bryce Blum & Josh Champagne

3) DePaul University College of Law - Ben Ruffcorn & Palak Shah

Congratulations to all competitors on a fantastic Competition!

Any institution interested in sending competitors to next year's Competition should contact nslmootcourt@gmail.com by October 2013.

The Hon. Andrew S. Effron to Judge the Final Round!

More news on the judging front: Judge Andrew S. Effron will be judging the Competition's Final Round, which will be held at 1:00pm in the George Washington University Law School's Jacob Burns Moot Courtroom on Sunday, February 10, 2013.

The Competition is thrilled to have secured the services of Judge Effron, who served as the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Services from 2006 to 2011, and who continues to serve as a senior judge on the same court.  Judge Effron is a graduate of Harvard Law School and The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School; before his appointment to the bench he acted as Associate General Counsel at the Department of Defense, and as General Counsel and Minority Counsel of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The addition of Judge Effron to the panel for the Competition Final, where he will join Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (see the announcement regarding Judge Leon below), will undoubtedly make the Competition an even stronger one!

Best of luck to our competitors as they complete their Competition briefs over the next few days.