Ames Moot Court Competition 2022

This year’s Ames Moot Court Competition teams sparred over Article III judicial power in the hypothetical case, Ames County Board of Commissioners v. Energon . This year’s presiding judges were Sri Srinivasan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Britt Grant of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; and Rowan Wilson ’84 of the New York Court of Appeals. The Lani Guinier Memorial Team members (Petitioner): Daniel Ergas ’23, Gillian Hannahs ’23, Emily Hatch ’23, Samantha Neal ’23*, Sierra Polston ’23*, and Natalie Tsang ’23. The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Team (Respondent): Pauline Esman ’23, Justin Fishman ’23, Connor Haaland ’23, Samantha Ilagan ’23*, Nikolas Paladino ’23*, and Lincoln Plews ’23 (*denotes oralist) The Ames Moot Court Competition is one of the most prestigious competitions for appellate brief writing and advocacy in the country. The students participating in the Final R