Alexandria, Va. — Notre Dame University Law School, the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and Wake Forest University School of Law took top honors at their respective Regional Duberstein Moot Court Competitions. Top law schools located in the Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Judicial Circuits competed yesterday in the 2019 Regional Duberstein Moot Court Competitions to help the competitors prepare for the 27^th Annual National Duberstein Moot Court Competition, taking place March 2-4 in New York City. The circuit regional competitions involved the same commercial law fact pattern that will be used for the Duberstein National Moot Court Competition.

Results and information on each circuit regional moot court competition are as follows:

Fourth Circuit Duberstein Regional (Washington, D.C.)

1^st Place: Wake Forest University School of Law

2^nd Place: Campbell University Law School

School with Best Oralist: Wake Forest University School of Law

Competing Teams: Campbell, George Washington, Howard, North Carolina Central (2 teams) and Wake Forest.

Moot Court Judges: Hon. Patrick Flatley (N.D. W.Va.), Michelle Harner (D. Md.) and Brian Kenney (E.D. Va.).

Sixth Circuit Duberstein Regional (Detroit) Shapero Cup

1^st Place: Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

2^nd Place: Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

School with Best Oralist: Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Competing Teams: Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2 teams), University of Michigan Law School, Michigan State University College of Law (2 teams) and The Ohio State University School of Law.

Moot Court Judges: Hon. James W. Boyd (W.D. Mich.), Hon. John P. Gustafson (N.D. Ohio), Hon. Marci B. McIvor (E.D. Mich.), Hon. Daniel S. Opperman (E.D. Mich.), Hon. Maria L. Oxholm (E.D. Mich.), Hon. Mark A. Randon (E.D. Mich.), Hon. Steven Rhodes (ret.) and Hon. Thomas J. Tucker (E.D. Mich.).

Seventh Circuit Duberstein Regional (Chicago)

1^st Place: Notre Dame University Law School

2^nd Place: University of Minnesota Law School

School with Best Oralist: University of Illinois College of Law

Competing Teams: Chicago-Kent College of Law, University of Illinois College of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Marquette Law School, Minnesota University Law School, Notre Dame University Law School and Wisconsin Law School.

Moot Court Judges: Hon. Janet Baer (N.D. Ill.), Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (N.D. Ill.), Hon. Beth Hanan (E.D. Wis.), Hon. Deborah Thorne (N.D. Ill.), Hon. Jim Carr (S.D. Ind.) and Hon. Eugene Wedoff (ret.).

The 27th Annual National Duberstein Moot Court Competition, jointly sponsored by St. John’s University School of Law and the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), is the largest appellate moot court in the country. The competition is named in memory of St. John’s alumnus, former ABI Director and former Chief Judge Conrad B. Duberstein. Any ABA-accredited law school may enter one or two teams, comprised of two or three students each. Each team will argue in at least three preliminary rounds on alternating sides. Sixteen teams will advance beyond the preliminary rounds. All students will receive a certificate of achievement. Students need not have taken a bankruptcy course to do well in the competition. This year, the competition concludes with the Duberstein reception at Gotham Hall in New York City, which will be attended by leading bankruptcy judges and practitioners. Click here for more information.

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