A group of our SIPLA members recently competed in the local Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition. The University of Utah fielded four teams, which is twice as many teams as last year. The teams were as follows:

1. Li Feng and Jennifer Bogart
2. Greg Baker and Scott Hilton
3. Tim Nichols and Jeremy Blain
4. Alex Stein and Abe Bates

All four teams performed exceptionally well in their written and oral analysis of the legal and factual issues. According to several attorneys, they were the most prepared group of teams fielded by the U for some time. Thus, all eight students should be congratulated in their efforts, for which they all received many high regards from the local legal community involved with the competition.

As for awards, Scott Hilton received the best oralist award overall, and of course, the best oralist award for the U. Abe Bates and Alex Stein tied for best Appellant Brief overall, and were awarded best Appellant and Appellee Briefs for the U.

At the end of a close competition, the teams of (1) Alex Stein and Abe Bates, and (2) Tim Nichols and Jeremy Blain were awarded first and second positions respectively. Thus, Alex and Abe will aptly represent the U in the upcoming IP Summit against the top ranked Y team.

We are hopeful that both of the top two teams will be able to represent the U in the Western Regional Giles Rich Moot Court Competition in Santa Clara, CA.

All of SIPLA, especially those of us that participated in the competition, would also like to thank our couch Dave Jones of Workman Nydeger, and the many other local attorneys who supported us and made this competition possible.