The American Constitution Society is proud to announce that the tournament rounds of the first Constance Baker Motley National Moot Court Competition in Constitutional Law were a great success. Twenty-seven teams from sixteen schools and fifteen states gathered at Columbia Law School to argue felon disfranchisement before judges that included Lisa Brown, Executive Director of the ACS, Guy-Uriel Charles, Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota, the Honorable Helen Freedman of the Supreme Court of New York, Jack Greenberg, Professor of Law at Columbia University and former Director-Counsel of the NAACP LDF, Victor Kovner, Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and member of the Board of Directors of the ACS, Gara LaMarche, Vice President and Director of U.S. Programs for the Open Society Institute, the Honorable Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York, Theodore Shaw, Director-Counsel and President of the NAACP LDF, and William Yeomans, Director of Programs of the ACS, among many others.

The two finalist teams are Adam Litle and Sonya Mays from the University of Michigan Law School and Suzanne LiaBraaten and Andrea Schmitt from the University of Washington School of Law. Adam, Sonya, Suzanne, and Andrea will travel to the ACS National Convention in Washington, D.C. to compete for the $3,000 national championship on Thursday, June 15, 2006. The second place team will receive $1,000.

The full list of award winners:

Finalists
Adam Litle and Sonya Mays from the University of Michigan Law School

Suzanne LiaBraaten and Andrea Schmitt from the University of Washington School of Law

Best Oral Advocate
Andrea Schmitt from University of Washington School of Law

Best Brief, Petitioner
Peter Basso and Siddhartha Mukherjee from Northeastern University School of Law

Best Brief, Respondent
Cuauhtémoc Ortega and Leanne Wilson from Columbia University School of Law

Semifinalists
Edward Cantu and Rebecca Ryan from The University of Texas School of Law

Cuauhtémoc Ortega and Leanne Wilson from Columbia University School of Law

Quarterfinalists
Craig Boneau and Nina Yadava from Columbia University School of Law

Áron Boros and Osvaldo Vasquez from the University of Michigan Law School

Sara Brenner and Kim Ravener from Harvard Law School
Jim Doggett and Adam Pulver from Columbia University School of Law

Congratulations and heartfelt thanks to the winners and all competitors. See you at the National Convention!