Every Spring, the TU College of Law runs an intramural Native American Law Moot Court Competition. The intramural is a joint project of the TU Board of Advcates and the Native American Law Center. Competitors serve as appellate attorneys arguing an Indian law case either to a tribal supreme court or the U.S. Supreme Court. All law students at TU are eligible to compete in the competition.
In addition to the prizes for performance at the intramural itself, the intramural competition is also the way to qualify to represent TU at the annual National NALSA Moot Court Competition. TU usually sends two teams (a total of four students) to the competition each year.
In 1993, a TU team won the national competition and in 2006, a TU team took third place overall in the competition; in 1996, 1997, and 2003, a TU team member won an oralist award. TU has also advanced out of the preliminary rounds and into the elimination rounds on several occasions. Although only J.D. students are eligible for the national team, both J.D. and LL.M. students can compete in TU's annual intramural Native American Law Moot Court Competition.
A brief history of TU student involvement in the National Native American Law Moot Court Competition:
1992-93 |
Kenneth Lee Factor & Cheryl Lynn Bisbee |
Competition held at OCU, TU team won First Place |
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1995-96 |
Christine Folsom-Smith & Stacy Leeds |
Competition held at OCU, Leeds won Second Place Oralist |
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1996-97 |
Stacy Lynn Leeds & Sheree L. Hukill |
Competition held at Wisconsin, TU advanced to elimination rounds; Leeds won Third Place Oralist |
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1997-98 |
Brenda Sue Christie & Jenny Rebecca Ebersole, Taiawagi Helton & Jeff Steven Jones |
Competition held at OCU |
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1998-99 |
Mindi Lynn Gjertsen & Tiffany McCready |
Competition held at OCU |
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1999-2000 |
Erin Baxter & John E. Parris |
Competition held at Hawaii |
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2000-2001 |
Regina Hovet & Lisa Impson, Bruce Gordon & Kristin Reser |
Competition held at Lewis and Clark |
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2001-2002 |
Jennifer Kern & Robbi Barker |
Competition held at Arizona State Univ., TU advanced to elimination rounds |
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2002-2003 |
Geri Wisner-Foley & Gloria Estlin; Timothy Graham & Corrine O'Day |
Competition held at Columbia; O'Day tied for Third Place Oralist |
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2003-2004 |
Krista Hodges-Eckoff & Trisha Archer; Richard Skeen & Amanda Proctor |
Competition held at University of Denver; Proctor tied for Second Place Oralist |
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2004-2005 |
Amanda Proctor & Chad Burris; Nick Gerner & Brian Utsey |
Competition held at UCLA; Gerner and Utsey advanced to round of 16; Proctor and Burris advanced to quarter finals |
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2005-2006 |
Candice Freeman & Leslie Dubois; Taylor Burke & Gil Pilkington |
Competition held at University of Washington; Freeman & Dubois won Third Place |
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2006-2007 |
Candice Freeman & Leslie Dubois; Philllip Countryman & Corey Rogers |
Competition sponsored by the four law schools in Twin Cities; Countryman & Rogers won Third Place; Dubois won Best Oralist |
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A brief history of the TU Intramural Native American Law Moot Court Competition
First Annual Competition (1999)
First Place |
Erin Baxter |
Second Place |
Rob Singletary |
Third Place |
John. E. Parris |
Second Annual Competition (2000)
First Place |
Lisa Impson |
Second Place |
Regina Hovet |
Third Place |
Kristin Reser |
Fourth Place |
Bruce Gordon |
Third Annual Competition (2001)
First Place |
Jennifer Kern |
Second Place |
Bruce Gordon |
Third Place |
Regina Hovet |
Fourth Place |
Elva Howard |
Fourth Annual Competition (2002)
First Place |
Geri Wisner-Foley |
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Second Place |
Jennifer Kern |
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Third Place |
Bruce Gordon |
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Fifth Annual Competition (2003)
First Place |
Corrine O'Day |
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Second Place |
Tim Graham |
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Third Place |
Krista Hodges-Eckoff |
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Sixth Annual Competition (2004)
First Place |
Amanda Proctor |
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Second Place |
Andrew Adams III |
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Third Place (tie) |
Amanda Hunt & Antonio Jeffrey |
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Seventh Annual Competition (2005)
First Place |
Gil Pilkington |
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Second Place |
Brian Utsey |
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Third Place |
Leslie Dubois |
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Eighth Annual Competition (2006)
First Place |
Phillip Countryman |
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Second Place |
Corey Rogers |
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Third Place |
Jon McDonald |
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Ninth Annual Competition (2007)
First Place |
Ron Durbin |
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Second Place |
Kara Davis |
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Third Place |
Jill Fuqua |
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