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The competition originally was organized around the school's now-defunct law clubs. The competition occurs primarily in students' 2L year because the faculty found that, for students who did not finish at the very top of their first year class, "it [was hard] for them to take the same interest in their work, particularly in the work within the law clubs, participation in which depends entirely upon their own volition." Thus, to encourage students to continue working hard, the Ames finalists received prizes of $200 for first place and $100 for second place. After several years of a single-elimination tournament, the format changed to a round-robin that more closely resembles the current qualifying round structure.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xccnAAAAYAAJ A Centennial History of Harvard Law]</ref>
The competition originally was organized around the school's now-defunct law clubs. The competition occurs primarily in students' 2L year because the faculty found that, for students who did not finish at the very top of their first year class, "it [was hard] for them to take the same interest in their work, particularly in the work within the law clubs, participation in which depends entirely upon their own volition." Thus, to encourage students to continue working hard, the Ames finalists received prizes of $200 for first place and $100 for second place. After several years of a single-elimination tournament, the format changed to a round-robin that more closely resembles the current qualifying round structure.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xccnAAAAYAAJ A Centennial History of Harvard Law]</ref>


The final round competition is one of the most popular events at the Law School each year, especially because a justice from the U.S. Supreme Court usually presides. The Ames Final Round has occasionally been televised on C-SPAN; for instance, the 1995 finals, featuring Justice [[Stephen Breyer]] as the presiding judge, is available online [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/68421-1 here].
The final round competition is one of the most popular events at the Law School each year, especially because a justice from the U.S. Supreme Court usually presides. The Ames Final Round has occasionally been televised on C-SPAN.


Many have found the Ames competition to be a demanding but rewarding experience. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100302175017/http://www.courts.state.co.us/Bio.cfm/Employee_ID/61 Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey] of the Colorado Supreme Court, an Ames semi-finalist in her time at Harvard, wrote that "what was most rewarding was the opportunity to work as a team with other students. We could debate, argue, and challenge each other as we analyzed the case and prepared the briefs. The process was much more satisfying than the routine of classroom lectures and solitary examinations. The Ames competition provided a realistic view of what practicing law could be like."<ref>27 Harv. Women's L.J. 367 (2004), available [http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlg/vol27/mullarkey.php here] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605070922/http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlg/vol27/mullarkey.php |date=June 5, 2011 }}</ref>
Many have found the Ames competition to be a demanding but rewarding experience. Chief Justice [[Mary Mullarkey]] of the Colorado Supreme Court, an Ames semi-finalist in her time at Harvard, wrote that "what was most rewarding was the opportunity to work as a team with other students. We could debate, argue, and challenge each other as we analyzed the case and prepared the briefs. The process was much more satisfying than the routine of classroom lectures and solitary examinations. The Ames competition provided a realistic view of what practicing law could be like."<ref>27 Harv. Women's L.J. 367 (2004), available [http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlg/vol27/mullarkey.php here] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605070922/http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlg/vol27/mullarkey.php |date=June 5, 2011 }}</ref>


==Winners==
==Winners==
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*[[Michael C. Dorf]]
*[[Michael C. Dorf]]
*[[Greg Rosenbaum]]
*[[Greg Rosenbaum]]

{{Expand list|date=February 2011|other years of winners=1912: Choate J. Babcock G.S. Brengle J.E. Dorsey E.T. Fiddler L.D. Jennings M.C. Lightner M.M. McDermott R.T. O’Neil 1913: Beale V.W. Booher L. Brewer W.H. Greenleaf R.S. Keebler J.W. Madden F.A. Martin O.J. Myers V. Schaeffer 1914: Kent M.B. Angell C. Belknap W. Clark J.M. Dickinson D. Geer J. Hoar J.B. Hollister R. Weston 1915: Kent T.R. Armstrong F.L. Daily R.H. Mc Kee A.M. Schauffler H.A. Scragg R. Semmes R.B. Wigglesworth 1916: Lowell A.E. Case C.F. Ely L.S. Ernst C. Quintrell A.C. Reis C.E. Snow W.A. Sutherland A.H. Wurts [WWI Break] 1920: Choate W.A. Barber L.R. Barker J.S. Dudley M.H. Jones C.W. Painter F. Rockwod J.D. Thom J.D. Shearer S. Ueland 1921: Scott M. Brandwene R.T. Catterall B.H. Conn W. Hettleman M.L. Levine W.E. McCurdy H.H. Scheier W.S. Schwabacher 1922: Kent J.H. Amen T. Babbitt G.C. Barclay G.A. Brownell E.G. Crossman F.E. Parker K.F. Simpson J. Wintersteen 1923: Scott M.L. Aaron J.R. Bartels R.P. Berle H.F. Birnbaum R.E. Eckstein H.W. Newman, Jr. R.B. Porterfield 1924: Scott W.H. Elsbree E.H. Freeheim M.M. Humphreys P.B. Kavanaugh P.D. Miller I.S. Rosenbaum Benj. Sperling D. Stoffer 1925: Langdell-Marshall K.M. Gibbon L.E. Hickman C.R. Millett L.A. Mincer J.S. Myers H.M. Russ K.E. Seyfarth C.C. Williams, Jr. 1926: Parke- Warren C.B. Bissell D.F. Cavers S.G. Churchill F.E. Drohan S.B. Fortenbaugh, Jr. G.R. Hall H.C. Havighurst R.W. Wheeler 1927: Scott W.C. Carter R.K. Chase H.J. Friendly B. Goodman, Jr. C.W. Meyer R.L. Sloss M.O. Tobriner 1928 J.B. Burke H.P. Carter J.P. Gualtier J.P. Mountz G.L. Sessions D.G. Thompson J.C. Toaz 1929 E.S. Dumbauld F.B. Ela A. Hiss J.H. McBridge R.K. McConnaughey L.B. Newman R.C. Perkins F.W.R. Pride 1930 F.O. Berger V.V.R. Booth L.R. Mahrt D.F. Miller M.A.Olson H.W. Smith L.E. Watt R.F. Young 1931 T.E. Dudley E.A. Gross S. Hatch D.W. Roudenbush R.V. Rogers H.C. Rose C.H. Welles 1932 H.A. Blackmun M.M. Doyle T.H. Eliolaque 1933: Harlan S.B. Anderson E.F. Butler R.H. LeFevre E.F. Morris J.E. Perry S.A. Raymer S.M. Reynolds D.A. Stretch 1934: Choate E.A. Haight J.G. Haviland W.E. Lucas J.G. Mackechnie S.T. Saunders C.F. Steele H.R. Talbott J.W. Wiggin 1935: Wilson R.D. Blasier W.S. Brown G. Dongus A.G. Emhardt, Jr. W.B. McCall R.C. Vincent T.A. Wilson 1936: Scott J.A. Avirett W. Bannister R.V. Brown A.S. Guterman E.W. Lane, Jr. A.G. Malkan R.G. Mitchell, Jr. B.B. Priest 1937: Root-Pitney C.M. Condon B.-E. Drape R.S. Fougner W.P. Fuller L.L. Roos M.I. Ruddock G.H. Trautman A.L. Webber 1938: Powell T.J. Davis, Jr. W.L. Fay H. O’Dunne J. Page F.M. Ruhlen D.A. Sprecher W.D. Symmes H.W Winfree 1939: Powell W.R. Bellatti P.E. Gilbert, Jr. J.T. Binkley, Jr. G.B. Lester, Jr. R.G. Scott, Jr. I.L. Stephenson R. Thrun E.S. Willis 1940: Edward Warren W.D. Cannon, Jr. J.M. Phillips J.B. McMillan R.D. Price A.J. Riggs I.V. Tierman E.P. Van Cise R.E. White 1941: Scott T.R. McMillen J.H. Richardson R. de Murias H.C. Moses A.W. Sherer P.V. Snyder W.W. Waters T..L. Wentling 1942: James D.S. Junker S.S. Lawrence B. Lisman H. Quinto Jr. S.R. Rubin M.R. Segal E.A. Smith D.S. Stevens [WWII Break] 1947: Thorpe W.P. Bland L.C. Dargan H.M. Hoyler R. Krones S.G. Marias G.I. Meisel C.H. Oldfather, Jr. P.N. Temple 1948(Spring): Gardner S.G. Lax H.K. Lidstone A.B. Litschgi G.D. McClintock, Jr. A.J. Moorman, Jr. R.F. Myers, Jr. P.H. Roney F.M. Wheat 1948 (Summer): Hughes B.M. Blum J.C. Briscoe G.W. Foley L.T. Hindenlang E. Rusconi J.M. Sullivan S.S. Sussman R.M. Torkildson 1948 (Fall): Gardner C.H. Bartlett, Jr. M. Borman H.L. Hitchins, Jr. H.E. Hobart D.E. Stevenson N.F. Taylor R.H. Troescher M.G. Wedeman 1949: Choate R.A. Goldman D.D. Haber J.C. HIestand M.S. Kistin G.E. Lee G.W. Radley W.R. Van Gemert G.H. Zazas 1950: Cardozo S.S. Brotman S. Dash P.S. Edelman R.B. Eder R.E. Frisch W.K. Glikbarg A.A. Raphael, Jr. M.J. Seidman 1951: Kent L.J. Campbell, III G.C. Caner, Jr. D.A. Demarest R.S. Emmet, Jr. J.P. Grant H.W. Minot, Jr. H. M. Wilcox 1952: Marshall W.A. Carroll R.B. Hudson R.W. Loeb R.A. Myren S.V. Ostrow F. Wilkins, Jr. 1953: Casner Equity D.T. Bryant J.A. Curtiss R.H. Huntington R.E. Mansfield O.S. Oldman R.C. Prem J.E. Ryder J.H. Singman 1954: Gardner G. Chimples W.S. Ellis F.D. Houghteling J.C. Ingwersen J.A. Mitchell J.M. Rose, Jr. A.C. Spencer F. Wyle 1955: Jaffe J.B. Hook W.N. Jenkins C.M. Karplus C.F. Lowenfeld R.M. Sandler J.D. Stoner A.R. Trustman J.Wood 1956: Scott S.L Fauver J.A. Foltz F.C. Gardner B.H. Kjellgren K.C. Lemp A.W. Mudge, II R.F. Newell H.F. Reynolds 1957: Kaplan A.F. Abelman P.A. Brooks R.J. Gravens F.N. Gallagher W.J. Kennedy W.P. Moyles D.J. O’Hern D.J. Sweeney 1958: Griswold Equity J.W. Atwater G.G. Busdicker J. French, III R.A.G. Monks C.A. Morrison E.R. Schroeder W.H. Thigpen J.W. Venman 1959: Sacks A.B. Chaplin J.H. Demmler E.H.G. Gowen R.R.G. Hobson J.C. Keene G.A. Millspaugh, Jr. W.M. Noel, Jr. J. LeV. Steinberg 1960: Frankfurter M.P. Arra C.S. Blankstein S.I. Hochhauser H.J. Korbel D.A. Rakov B.A. Schwalb A.I. Settles R.T. Watson 1961: Jaffe C.C. Collins, Jr. T.F. field A.R. Fransen, Jr. R.T. Hanlon T.A. Skornia D.C. Weisberg J.C. Wood C.M. Wyndham, III 1962: Casner Law J.H. Doyle Marjorie L. Girth G.M. Harvey E.C. Pinkus M.L. Popofsky M.S. Schwarzwald S. Shushan G.J. Wade 1963: Holmes A.M. Carey, III P.S. du Pont, IV J.E. Kelley, Jr. R.L. Lassen J.R. Nichols H.I. Pratt, Jr. D.J. Supino J.A. Wallace 1964: Griswold Equity J.H. Betz Ann D. Cronkhite H.C. Dunning R.C. Embry, Jr. P.B. Galvani J.D. Lorenz J.A. Wheelock, Jr. 1965: Keeton Equity A.G. Bartlett Stephanie K. Bartlett C.P. Clark S.R. Nelson N.D. Slonaker G. Speiss R.G. Tunnell, Jr. 1966: Griswold Equity D.M. Armstrong Barbara M. Jacobs V.P. Gottschall D.H. Kane, Jr. D.D. Kinley K.S. Kramer T.J. O’Sullivan, Jr. R.C. Seamans 1967: Team Kaplan D.C. Bond, Jr. C.H. Buckley, Jr. R.E. Currie D.P. Griff R.K. Lachner M.S. Moore J. L. Tuohy C.B. Updike 1968: L. Hand D. J. Bracken E.J. Keilin D.M. Pearson L.D. Pipes R.M. Shrum D.F. Stella P.C. Williams A.J. Zdrazil 1969 (Spring): Bruce S.A. Aiman M.J. Berner L.D. Estridge J.C. Lane C.G. Russell L.A. Ruzow J.P. Tate T.W. Tinkham 1969 (Fall): L. Hand J.J. Foster M.J. Glass C.R. Meyer J.M. Payne S.C. Schaumburg B.J. Stowell W.E. Taylor, Jr., III M.A. Thurston 1970: L. Hand R.C. Brautigam G.W. Byrne S.A. Cahoon J.G. Koeltl K.F. Seminatore J.B. Stamell 1971: L. Hand M.L. Beatty H.L. Court D.J. Hurston R.B. Jackson D.H. Oliver C.D. Stoltenberg 1972: L. Hand G.M. Connor P.P. Daley D.J. Fine S.B. Jacobson T.D. Phillips R.J. Waicukauski 1973: Harlan D.P. Ackerman D.C. Bort K.N. Klee A.L. Morrsion R.L. Mote D.P. Towey 1974: Marshall J.J. Dillon M.D. Edel A.I. Fagin J.K. Felter R.A. Meserve J.B. Rudman 1975: Independents M.G. Borden M.A. Bowen B.K. Dobbins J.C. Keeney, Jr. T.H. Lee, II H.M. Walker}}


==References==
==References==

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The Ames Moot Court Competition is the annual upper level moot court competition at Harvard Law School. It is designed and administered by the HLS Board of Student Advisers and has been in existence since 1911.[1]

Format and history

As currently structured, the official competition begins in the fall (usually October or November) of students' 2L year with a round-robin qualifying round. Each team at this stage consists of four participants, who each argue twice in teams of two. The four teams with the highest scores advance to the semi-finals in the spring. Each team is then allowed to add two participants, for a total of six people per team; two members of each team present oral argument in this round, typically before a panel of one federal appellate judge, one district judge, and one state court judge. In the competition's final round, held in the fall of the 3L year, the two remaining teams argue a case before a panel that usually consists of one U.S. Supreme Court justice and two judges from the United States courts of appeal. Prizes are awarded for the best brief, best oralist, and best overall team.

The competition originally was organized around the school's now-defunct law clubs. The competition occurs primarily in students' 2L year because the faculty found that, for students who did not finish at the very top of their first year class, "it [was hard] for them to take the same interest in their work, particularly in the work within the law clubs, participation in which depends entirely upon their own volition." Thus, to encourage students to continue working hard, the Ames finalists received prizes of $200 for first place and $100 for second place. After several years of a single-elimination tournament, the format changed to a round-robin that more closely resembles the current qualifying round structure.[2]

The final round competition is one of the most popular events at the Law School each year, especially because a justice from the U.S. Supreme Court usually presides. The Ames Final Round has occasionally been televised on C-SPAN.

Many have found the Ames competition to be a demanding but rewarding experience. Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey of the Colorado Supreme Court, an Ames semi-finalist in her time at Harvard, wrote that "what was most rewarding was the opportunity to work as a team with other students. We could debate, argue, and challenge each other as we analyzed the case and prepared the briefs. The process was much more satisfying than the routine of classroom lectures and solitary examinations. The Ames competition provided a realistic view of what practicing law could be like."[3]

Winners

Previous notable winners include:[4]


References

  1. ^ BSA Website
  2. ^ A Centennial History of Harvard Law
  3. ^ 27 Harv. Women's L.J. 367 (2004), available here Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Past Winners of Ames Competition". Harvard Law School Board of Student Advisors. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
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