Quinnipiac University School of Law Moot Court Honor Society

Quinnipiac University School of Law Moot Court Honor Society The Quinnipiac University School of Law Moot Court Honor Society fields teams of America's finest aspiring appellate attorneys.

Our competitors have achieved national recognition for their thoughtfulness and passionate written and oral advocacy.

02/24/2021

Congratulations to our ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) competitors – Julie Jaquays, Aferba Ashong, Hope Estrella, Chris Iverson, and Jenna Shankman! Their performance at the NAAC Boston regional last weekend has been the best in the Society’s recent memory.

This year presented two of the most difficult civil rights questions that our legal system is grappling with today. Our teams tackled the doctrine of qualified immunity, which drew more than twelve petitions for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court in 2020-21 alone.

Our team of Julie Jaquays (3L) and Aferba Ashong (3L), compiled a record of 2-1 in the first three rounds, and they earned a spot in the semi-final. They were eliminated in the semi-finals after a close battle with a talented FIU Law team. Julie and Aferba were the second highest ranked team at the close of the qualifying rounds.

Our team of first-time competitors – Hope Estrella (2L), Chris Iverson (2L), and Jenna Shankman (3L) – compiled a record of 1-2, and, due to the strong oral argument performances of Hope and Chris, they barely missed the cut to advance to the semi-final. Their performance was highly impressive as it is extremely hard for debuting oral advocates to win matchups at NAAC, and a Quinnipiac debuting team has not done so in over a decade.

Individually, Julie Jaquays earned an award for being the 9th best oralist of the Boston regional based on the averaging of oral argument scores.

Alumni Cameron Atkinson, Taylor Wilcox, Geraldo Parilla, and Ashley Miller served as coaches, and Kevin Black, Jr. (3L) and Kyle Souza (2L) served as bailiffs and support staff for our NAAC teams.

Thank you to our coaches and bailiffs for your support, and to our competitors for representing the law school and the Society so well!

03/23/2020

ATTENTION ALL 1L's:
Are you stressing about your Legal Skills final? Does it feel like you don't even know how to start an oral argument? Has that stress been made exponentially worse now that it's going to be telephonic/via we**am? Or even if you're not stressed, do you just want to practice fielding a few questions before you're graded on your ability to do so? We've all been there, and the Moot Court Society is here to help. If any 1L's would like practice or advice for their oral arguments, please email our Executive Editor, Danielle Koch, at [email protected] to set up a phone call or FaceTime appointment with a member of the E-Board. We are happy to assist!

03/05/2020

We have two 🔥🔥 teams headed to the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition today, including a significant number from our Executive Board: Taylor Wilcox, Ricky Reyes, Jimmy Rotondo, and Cameron Atkinson. Of course, they can’t do it alone: alongside them are the two finalists from the Intramural competition, Julie Jaquays and Kevin Black. Wish them luck!!

John Houllahan and Danielle Koch, along with their student coach, Mike Pulaski, wrapped up 3 rounds at the Duberstein Ba...
03/01/2020

John Houllahan and Danielle Koch, along with their student coach, Mike Pulaski, wrapped up 3 rounds at the Duberstein Bankruptcy Competition this morning in Queens, NY. Special THANK YOU to Distinguished Practitioner in Residence Bob White for assisting this weekend and throughout the process. He is truly one of the Society’s biggest supporters!!

Congratulations to our teams that competed at the Gabrielli Family Law competition in Albany, NY this weekend. Extra sho...
03/01/2020

Congratulations to our teams that competed at the Gabrielli Family Law competition in Albany, NY this weekend. Extra shout-out to their student coach, Christina Lopes, who assisted not one but 2 teams these past few months! Excellent work Austin Voss, Alicia Cook, Makayla Erazo, and Carl Secola!

02/28/2020

It's going to be a great weekend for QUSL Moot Court. We have 2 teams headed up to Albany, New York for the Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition, and 1 team headed to NYC for the the Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition. Updates to come!

By far one of the most valuable aspects of the Moot Court experience is working with and receiving feedback from practic...
02/19/2020

By far one of the most valuable aspects of the Moot Court experience is working with and receiving feedback from practicing attorneys and judges. Our Society is lucky to have a number of distinguished, supportive alumni and practitioners to help our teams practice and judge our yearly Intramural competition. Here are some photos from last night’s argument before Judge Tancredi, Attorney Goldman of Pullman & Comley, and Attorney Sansone of Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey.

02/17/2020

Tonight at 5pm in the Ceremonial Courtroom, Johnny Houllahan and Danielle Koch will be arguing before the Honorable Judge Tancredi of the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Connecticut, as well as local bankruptcy practitioners to practice for the upcoming Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition. All are welcome!

.... as if Ashlica Malcolm and Aferba Ashong’s 93 average brief score weren’t impressive enough, it was actually the bes...
01/26/2020

.... as if Ashlica Malcolm and Aferba Ashong’s 93 average brief score weren’t impressive enough, it was actually the best at the Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition. A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to these incredible women on their Best Petitioner’s Brief Award! It is an honor to have these two in our Society - and watch out world, they’re only just getting started, it is their first year on Moot Court!!! Very well done, Ashlica and Aferba.

01/24/2020

In fact, speaking of briefs, congratulations to Aferba Ashong and Ashlica Malcolm, who scored a 93 on their brief this past week at the Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition! Way to represent QUSL!!!

01/24/2020

Happy Friday! For many of our competition team members, the past few weeks have been spent tirelessly writing briefs - deadlines were all met, it’s argument season now 😈⚖️🔥

11/28/2019

Happy Thanksgiving from the QUSL Moot Court Society! Thankful for every chance we get to say “May it please the Court” ⚖️🦃

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