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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.
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].


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>
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>


==Winners==
==Winners==
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*Congressman [[Artur Davis]] (1992—Best Oralist, not on winning team)
*Congressman [[Artur Davis]] (1992—Best Oralist, not on winning team)
*San Jose Mayor [[Sam Liccardo]] (1995)
*San Jose Mayor [[Sam Liccardo]] (1995)
*Former assistant to the Solicitor General [[Kannon Shanmugam]] (1997)
*Former assistant to the Solicitor General [[Kannon Shanmugam]] (1997).
*[[Adam Szubin]]
*[[Kannon Shanmugam]]
* [[Sam Liccardo]]
*[[Bathsheba Nell Crocker|Bathsheba Crocker]]
*[[Michael C. Dorf]]
*[[Greg Rosenbaum]]


Recent winners<ref>[https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/bsa/past-winners/ BSA Website]</ref>:
*2021
**Best Overall Team – The [[Lloyd Gaines]] Memorial Team (Jason Bell, Ameze Belo-Osagie, Lauren Bilow, Davis Campbell, Travis Fife, Michael Torcello)
**Best Oralist – Travis Fife
**Best Brief & Runner-Up – The Justice [[Robert H. Jackson]] Memorial Team (Matthew Arons, Max Bloom, Taylor Custer, Dustin Fire, Colleen O'Gorman, Sam Stratton)
**Judges – [[Stephen G. Breyer]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]); [[Judith W. Rogers]] ([[D.C. Circuit]]); [[Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar]] ([[Supreme Court of California]])
*2019
**Best Overall Team – The [[Patricia Roberts Harris]] Memorial Team (Alicia Alvero Koski, Charlotte Butash, Melanie Fontes, Kelsey Fraser, Hilary Hurd, Kate Peiffer)
**Best Oralist – Kelsey Fraser
**Best Brief & Runner-Up – The [[Janet Reno|Janet Wood Reno]] Memorial Team (Kevin Chen, Mikaela Gilbert-Lurie, Eliza Green, K.C. Jaski, Al Kelly, Caroline Li)
**Judges – [[Merrick Garland]] (D.C. Circuit); [[Michelle Friedland]] (Ninth Circuit); [[Amul Thapar]] (Sixth Circuit)
*2018
**Best Overall Team & Best Brief – The [[Grace Hopper|Grace Murray Hopper]] Memorial Team (Max Gottschall, Erika Herrera, Benjamin Lewis, Catherine McCaffrey, Eliza McDuffie, Jacqueline Sahlberg)
**Best Oralist – Max Gottschall
**Runner-Up – The [[Clarence Earl Gideon]] Memorial Team (Jeff Adler, Nick Aquart, Gabrielle Belzil, Marlan Golden, Lily Kim, Daniel Morales)
**Judges – [[Sonia Sotomayor]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]); [[Jennifer Walker Elrod]] (Fifth Circuit); [[Susan L. Carney]] (Second Circuit)
*2017
**Best Overall Team & Best Brief – The [[Fred Korematsu|Fred T. Korematsu]] Memorial Team (Frederick Ding, Vivian Dong, Henry Druschel, Lydia Lichlyter, Raeesa Munshi, William Schmidt)
**Best Oralist – David Phillips
**Runner-Up – The [[John Hart Ely]] Memorial Team (David Beylik, Jason Ethridge, Jenya Godina, Isaac Park, David Phillips, Derek Reinbold)
**Judges – [[John Roberts]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]); [[Debra Ann Livingston]] (Second Circuit); [[Carl E. Stewart]] (Fifth Circuit)
*2016
**Best Overall Team & Best Brief – The [[Daniel Meltzer|Daniel J. Meltzer]] Memorial Team (Luke Beasley, Ben Burkett, William Ferraro, Amanda Mundell, Trenton Van Oss, Connor Winn)
**Best Oralist – Amanda Mundell
**Runner-Up – The [[Lucy Stone]] Memorial Team (Michelle Adler, Victoria Hartmann, Helen Rave, Caroline Trusty, Stefanie Tubbs, Mengjie Zou)
**Judges – [[John Paul Stevens]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]); [[David Barron (judge)|David Barron]] (First Circuit); [[Alison Nathan]] (Southern District of New York)
*2015
**Best Overall Team – The Hon. [[Robert Smith Vance]] Memorial Team (Kevin Crandall, Amanda Claire Grayson, Gabriel Kohan, Charlotte Lawson, Brian Phelps, Allison Schultz)
**Best Oralist – Charlotte Lawson
**Best Brief & Runner-Up – The [[Jimmie Lee Jackson]] Memorial Team (Zoe Bedell, Sam Block, Meghan Cleary, Chen-Chen Jiang, Patrick Knoth, Kavya Naini)
**Judges – [[Elena Kagan]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]); [[Debra Ann Livingston]] (Second Circuit); [[Robert L. Wilkins]] (D.C. Circuit)
*2014
**Best Overall Team – The [[Elliot Richardson|Elliot L. Richardson]] Memorial Team (Jay Cohen, Cody Gray, Spencer Haught, Christina Martinez, Sean Mirski, Kevin Neylan)
**Best Oralist – Kevin Neylan
**Best Brief & Runner-Up – The [[Frank Kameny|Franklin E. Kameny]] Memorial Team (Jennifer Garnett, Ezra Marcus, Katie McCarthy, Jordan Moran, Ivan Panchenko, Tom Ryan)
**Judges – [[Antonin Scalia]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]); [[Adalberto Jordan]] (Eleventh Circuit); [[Patricia Millett]] (D.C. Circuit)
*2013
**Best Overall Team & Best Brief – The [[Constance Baker Motley]] Memorial Team (Nikolas Bowie, Alison Deich, Dena Haibi, Lucas Issacharoff, Andrew Rohrbach, Kyle Wirshba)
**Best Oralist – Andrew Rohrbach
**Runner-Up – The [[Martin Ginsburg]] Memorial Team (Gerard Justin Cedrone, Jeremy M. Feigenbaum, Caitlin Halpern, Wookie Kim, Ashwin Phatak, Jillian Sheridan Stonecipher)
**Judges – [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]); [[Ilana Rovner|Ilana Diamond Rovner]] (Seventh Circuit); [[Merrick Garland]] (D.C. Circuit)
*2012
**Best Overall Team & Best Brief – The [[Gordon Hirabayashi]] Memorial Team (Yaira S. Dubin, Emma L. Freeman, Benjamin F. Jackson, Michael D. Lieberman, William H. Milliken, Michael J. Springer)
**Best Oralist – Emma L. Freeman
**Runner-Up – The [[William J. Stuntz]] Memorial Team (Ryan Doerfler, Cormac Early, Conor Mulroe, Josh Segal, Vivek Suri, Allison Trzop)
**Judges – [[David Souter]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]); [[Reena Raggi]] (Second Circuit); [[Mark Lawrence Wolf|Mark Wolf]] (District Court of Massachusetts)
*2011
**Best Overall Team – The [[Belva Ann Lockwood]] Memorial Team (Caroline Anderson, Matthew Greenfield, Stephen Pezzi, Mitchell Reich, Stephanie Simon, Noah Weiss)
**Best Oralist – Matthew Greenfield
**Best Brief & Runner-Up – The [[John Roll|Hon. John McCarthy Roll]] Memorial Team (Avis Bohlen, Adam Hallowell, Jessica Palmer, Yvonne Saadi, Matthew Scarola, Benjamin Watson)
**Judges – [[Sonia Sotomayor]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), [[Frank H. Easterbrook]] (Seventh Circuit), Peter Rubin (Massachusetts Court of Appeals)
*2010
**Best Overall Team & Best Brief – The Hon. William Wayne Justice Memorial Team (Jason Harrow, Philip Mayor, Jason Murray, Amanda Rice, Zachary Schauf, Yujing Yue)
**Best Oralist – David Denton
**Runner-Up – The Griffin Bell Memorial Team (Dustin Cho, David Denton, Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda, Luke McCloud, Lindsay See, Benjamin Snyder)
**Judges – [[John Roberts]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]); [[Diana Murphy]] (Eighth Circuit); [[Julia Smith Gibbons|Julia Smith-Gibbons]] (Sixth Circuit)
*2009
**Best Overall Team – The Charles Sumner Memorial Team (Anna Fecker, Candyce Phoenix, Colleen Roh, Hillary Schrenell, Hagan Scotten, Tobias Tobler)
**Best Oralist – Hagan Scotten
**Best Brief & Runner-Up – The Clarence Darrow Memorial Team (Paul Bailin, Ryan Buschell, Nicolas Cornell, Kathryn Nielson, Ray Seilie, William Sullivan)
**Judges – [[Richard Posner]] (Seventh Circuit), [[Diane Wood]] (Seventh Circuit), [[Barrington Daniels Parker, Jr.|Barrington Parker]] (Second Circuit)
*2008
**Best Overall Team – The Honorable [[Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry]] Team (Ishan Bhabha, Jonathan Cooper, Alexandra Davies, Christina Krause, Logan Steiner, David Zimmer)
**Best Oralist – David Zimmer
**Judges – [[Stephen Breyer]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), [[Marsha Berzon]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|9th Cir.]]), [[Frank M. Hull|Frank Hull]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit|11th Cir.]])
*2007
**Best Overall Team – [[Oliver Hill]] Memorial Team (Shannon Delahaye, Joseph Dvorkin, Frederick Fedynyshyn, Adam Hosmer-Henner, Yelena Konanova, David Oliwenstein)
**Best Oralist – Tejinder Singh
**Judges – [[Antonin Scalia]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), [[Carlos F. Lucero]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit|10th Cir.]]), [[Debra Ann Livingston]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|2d Cir.]])
*2006
**Best Overall Team – Shirin Shakir Memorial Team [https://web.archive.org/web/20071012120403/http://media.www.hlrecord.org/media/storage/paper609/news/2006/11/16/News/Shirin.Shakir.Memorial.Team.Wins.95th.Ames.Moot.Court.Finals-2464754.shtml] (Elizabeth Edmonson, Mark Jensen, Tian Tian Mayimin, Samuel Miller, S. Chartey Quarcoo, and Kevin Terrazas.
**Best Oralist – Tian Tian Mayimin
**Judges – [[Anthony Kennedy]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), [[Merrick Garland]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit|DC Circuit]]), [[Diana Gribbon Motz]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit|4th Cir.]])
*2005 [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708051852/http://magiccookie.blogspot.com/2005/11/ames.html][https://web.archive.org/web/20071012120403/http://media.www.hlrecord.org/media/storage/paper609/news/2006/11/16/News/Shirin.Shakir.Memorial.Team.Wins.95th.Ames.Moot.Court.Finals-2464754.shtml][http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=510009]
**Best Overall Team – [[William H. Rehnquist]] Memorial Team (Adam Harber, S. Christopher Szczerban, Ramin Tohidi, Nathan Holcomb, Brian Fletcher, and Joshua Salzman)
**Judges – [[David Souter]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), [[Emilio Garza]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit|5th Cir.]]), [[Ilana Diamond Rovner]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit|7th Cir.]])
*2004
**Best Overall Team – The [[Archibald Cox]] Memorial Team (Ramzi Ajami, Jonathan Benloulou, Michael Bloch, Tom Lue, Sujit Raman, Jamie Simpson)
**Judges – [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), [[Richard A. Paez]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|9th Cir.]]), [[Reena Raggi]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit|2d Cir.]])
*2003
**Best Overall Team – The [[John Rawls]] Memorial Team (William Edwards, Aaron Katz, Scott Michelman, Elizabeth Oyer, Chris Pistilli, Geoffrey Wyatt)
**Judges – [[Douglas H. Ginsburg]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|DC Cir.]]), Fortunado Benavides ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit|5th Cir.]]), [[Karen Nelson Moore]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit|6th Cir.]])
*2002
**Best Overall Team – The Gerald Gunther Memorial Team (Norina Edelman, Mark Freeman, Beth Harrison, Greg Lipper, Joshua Solomon, Louis Tompros)
**Judges – [[Stephen G. Breyer]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), [[Diarmuid O'Scannlain]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|9th Cir.]]), [[Ann Claire Williams|Ann Williams]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit|7th Cir.]])
*1999
**Best Overall Team – The [[Archibald Cox]] Honorary Team (Alvin Bragg, Arlo Devlin-Brown (best oralist), Dan Gordon, Sarah Harrington, Erin Murphy, [[Adam Szubin]])
**Judges – Stephen G. Breyer ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), Diane P. Wood (7th Cir.), Laurence Silberman (D.C. Circuit)
*1998
**Best Overall Team – The [[Charles Hamilton Houston]] Memorial Team (Rachel Clark, Russell Robinson, [[Kannon Shanmugam]], Guhan Subramanian, Amanda Tyler, George Wang)
**Judges – [[David Souter]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), [[Bruce Selya]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit|1st Cir.]]), [[Phyllis Kravitch]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit|11th Cir.]])
*1997
**Best Overall Team – Langdell Memorial Team (Rachel M. Blum, Gary A. Bornstein, Jonathan E. Cantor, Joel M. Hammerman, David O. Markus, Travis R. Pearson)
**Judges – [[Anthony Kennedy]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), [[Mary M. Schroeder]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|9th Cir.]]), [[Carolyn Dineen King]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit|5th Cir.]])
* 1995
**Best Overall Team – Matt Bodie, Harry Chernoff, Gia Lee, [[Sam Liccardo]], Jay Prabhu and Rich Schragger.
**Runner-Up – [[Bathsheba Nell Crocker|Bathsheba Crocker]], Kim Parker, Mark Quarterman, David Schwimmer, Jeff Simes and Colin Stretch.
** Judges [[Stephen Breyer]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), [[Stephen F. Williams]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|D.C. Circuit]]), [[Rosemary Barkett]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit|11th Cir.]])
* 1994
**Best Overall Team & Best Brief – The [[John Marshall]] Team (Roger Capriotti, Nick Djuric, Melissa Hart, Antony Ryan, Jonathan Unger and Chris Vergonis)
** Best Oralists – David Campbell and Jonathan Malis (tie)
**Runner-Up – The [[Felix S. Cohen]] Team (David Campbell, Paul Hauge, Jennifer Hooper, Peter Kozinets, Jonathan Malis and Amy Weaver)
** Judges – [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), [[Samuel James Ervin III]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit|4th Cir.]]), [[Diarmuid O'Scannlain]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|9th Cir.]])
*1992
**Best Overall Team – [[Daughters of Danaus]] Team (Stefanie Roth, Susan Spotts, Kara Cunningham, James O'Keefe, Larry Kraus, Marshall Searcy).
**Best Oralist – Artur Davis
**Judges – [[Antonin Scalia]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]), [[Pamela Ann Rymer]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|9th Cir.]]), [[Michael Boudin]] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit|1st Cir.]])
*1989
**Best Overall Team & Best Brief – The [[A. Bartlett Giamatti]] Memorial Team (David Blank, Mary Cliff, [[Michael C. Dorf]], Michael Grossman, Matthew Kreeger, Sylvia Quast)
**Best Oralist – Michael Dorf
**Runner-Up – The Carpe Diem Team (Anne Berleman, David Gormley, Karen Jacobs, Kathleen Mulligan, George Postolos, Jeff Tolk)
**Judges – [[Anthony M. Kennedy]] ([[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]); [[Constance Baker Motley]] (Southern District of New York); [[John T. Noonan, Jr.]] (Ninth Circuit)
*1988
**Best Overall Team – [[Paul A. Freund]] Team (Steve Demm, Meir Feder, Greg Nevins, Richard Rochman, Alicia Strohl, Jeffrey Wintner)
**Best Oralist – Richard Rochman
*1976
**Best Overall Team – [[Learned Hand]] Team (Mark Goldsmith, Gary Johnson, Gregg Levy, [[Greg Rosenbaum]], David Schiffman, David Staub)
**Best Oralist – David M. Schiffman
{{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}}


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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; for instance, the 1995 finals, featuring Justice Stephen Breyer as the presiding judge, is available online here.

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]

Recent winners[5]:

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.
  5. ^ BSA Website
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