The 8th Annual UCLA Invitational!

[originalvagabond]

UCLA would like to extend a warm, Westwood welcome to the teams attending our Invitational this weekend.  The weather in Los Angeles will be chilly, with clear skies and temperatures in the high 60s . 

Attending teams are:

Rhodes
NYU
Yale
Northwestern
Iowa
Maryland
UC Berkeley (2)
Pittsburgh
Kansas
Columbia (2)
Morningside
Stanford (2)
University of Redlands (2)
ASU (2)
UC Irvine (2)
USC (4)
Claremont McKenna (2)
UCSD (2)
Fresno State (3)
UCLA (4)

We're looking forward to a fun and competitive weekend!

[Nonsensical]

The weather in Los Angeles will be chilly, with clear skies and temperatures in the high 60s . 

You're complaining about the high 60s?!?!?!  Can we trade climates for a week?  Or five?

[originalvagabond]

Some days I have to wear my hoodie to class over my t-shirt.

Those are bad days.

[darkarmour]

yaaay. This 1-2-1 format is gonna make the weekend very enjoyable.

[Nonsensical]

Some days I have to wear my hoodie to class over my t-shirt.

Those are bad days.

Yeah...I definitly didn't pick up on the sarcasm in that first posting.  You best be wary of getting frost bite.  I heard that's uncomfortable.

[uscmikey]

Here are the pairings and room assignments for Round 2 on Sunday morning:

P v. D (Room)
664 v. 965 (Law School 2483)
733 v. 564 (Law School 3483)
345 v. 408 (Anderson A201)
712 v. 347 (Anderson A202)
964 v. 346 (Anderson A203)
872 v. 713 (Anderson A301)
319 v. 732 (Anderson B208)
967 v. 928 (Anderson B210)
318 v. 668 (Anderson B301)
612 v. 820 (Anderson B312)
250 v. 392 (Anderson B313)
812 v. 665 (Anderson C301)
344 v. 410 (Anderson C315)
610 v. 821 (Anderson D301)
409 v. 919 (Anderson D307)
966 v. 918 (Anderson D310)
864 v. 515 (Anderson D313)
522 v. 514 (Anderson D401)

[DesertClassic]

1.) NYU 7
2.) UCLA 7
3.) Pitt 6.5

I think.

[BruinPrince]

Jimmy's top three are correct.  A full tab summary will be posted soon both here and on AMTA's site.  Thanks to everybody for a great weekend!!!

[uscmikey]

OUTSTANDING TRIAL TEAMS

1. Team 564 – NEW YORK UNIVERSITY – 7-1, CS 20.5
2. Team 965 – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES – 7-1, CS 17.5
3. Team 610 – UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH – 6-1-1
4. Team 872 – RHODES COLLEGE – 6-2, CS 19.5, SOO 4, +40
5. Team 812 – UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS – 6-2, CS 19.5, SOO 4, +27
6. Team 347 – UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – 6-2, CS 17.5
7. Team 344 – UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – 6-2, CS 13
8. Team 319 – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE – 5-3, CS 17
9. Team 665 – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY – 5-3, CS 16.5
10. Team 514 – COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – 5-3, CS 13.5

Honorable Mention:

Team 865 – UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS – 4-3-1, CS 18
Team 346 – UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – 4-3-1, CS 15
Team 668 – UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND – 4-3-1, CS 14.5, SOO 6
Team 820 – STANFORD UNIVERSITY – 4-3-1, CS 14.5, SOO 6.5
Team 515 – COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – 4-3-1, CS 12

OUTSTANDING ATTORNEY AWARDS

20 Π – Jeanette Kang – Team 392 – NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
19 Δ – Justin Matarrese – Team 564 – NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
19 Π – Jeffrey Gurrola – Team 344 – UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
19 Δ – Emily Fetter – Team 668 – UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
19 Δ – Eric Wojnicki – Team 612 – UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
19 Π – Chelsea Norell – Team 732 – CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE
19 Δ – John Robinson – Team 928 – YALE UNIVERSITY
19 Π – Dimitri Zakharov – Team 250 – BYEBUSTER (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)
19 Δ – Zachary Hill – Team 872 – RHODES COLLEGE
18 Δ – Mercedes Cook – Team 346 – UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
18 Π – Michael Kelso – Team 966 – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
18 Δ – David Bouchard – Team 392 – NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

OUTSTANDING WITNESS AWARDS

20 Π – Jasmine Johnson – Team 872 – RHODES COLLEGE
19 Δ – Shelley Thompson – Team 812 – UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS
19 Π – Michael Smith – Team 319 – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
19 Δ – Ngozi Nezianya – Team 928 – YALE UNIVERSITY
18 Π – Miles Prince – Team 965 – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
18 Π – Peter Fuller – Team 344 – UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
18 Π – Naween Jayaraman – Team 665 – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
18 Δ – Michael Kelso – Team 966 – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
18 Δ – Garrett Burrell – Team 612 – UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
18 Π – Jennifer Forsythe – Team 408 – CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
18 Π – David Calderon – Team 713 – ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

[JMMTHS667]

On behalf of the entire NYU Mock Trial program, I wanted to thank UCLA for hosting an incredible tournament this weekend. It was one of the most well run invitationals we have been to all year. I know how difficult it is to run a tournament and I was so impressed with how smooth everything went. Everyone from UCLA was extremely welcoming--both at our scrimmage and during the competition--and the facilities were great. We also enjoyed having two real judges preside during our rounds.

A special thanks to all of the teams we scrimmaged and played for providing great competition: University of Pittsburgh, UCLA, UC Irvine, USC, Claremont McKenna and the University of Redlands.  On a personal note, I must thank Justin Bernstein from UCI for his continued support and guidance to our program and Jen from Pittsburgh for her incredible spirit and incite throughout the weekend. We have encountered both UCI and Pitt on multiple occasions in the past and these two programs are truly a testament to the spirit of AMTA.

We wish everyone the best of luck in preparation for Regionals.

[uscmikey]

Since the tab summary is not up on the AMTA site yet, here is a P.com-ized version of it, on behalf of the tournament hosts:

250 BYEBUSTER (3-5) (“Gandhi”)
Δ V. 410: W22, W27 - Π V. 392: L20, L24 - Δ V. 918: L10, W5 - Π V. 409: L1, L2   

318 UC-IRVINE (3-5) (“Forrest Gump”)
Δ V. 515: W6, L13 - Π V. 668: L2, L6 - Δ V. 967: L19, L8 - Π V. 410: W12, W24

319 UC-IRVINE (5-3) (“Crash”)
Δ V. 918: W14, W19 - Π V. 732: W3, L4 - Π V. 612 W8, W9 - Δ V. 965 L7, L12

344 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (6-2) (“Platoon”)
Δ V. 564: L3, L1 - Π V. 410: W14, W20 - Π V. 664 W8, W8 - Δ V. 964: W6, W6

345 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (3-5) (“In the Heat of the Night”)
Δ V. 821: L7, W1 - Π V. 408: L2, L6 - Π V. 820: L13, L1 - Δ V. 919: W5, W10

346 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (4-3-1) (“The French Connection”)
Π V. 966: W8, W10 - Δ V. 964: L3, L4 - Π V. 668: T, L6 - Δ V. 821: W10, W5

347 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (6-2) “The Apartment”
Π V. 967: W4, L4 - Δ V. 712: W3, W7 - Δ V. 928: W5, W7 - Π V. 872: W2, L5

392 NORTHWESTERN (4-4) (“Chicago”)
Π V. 610: L6, L10 - Δ V. 250: W20, W24 - Δ V. 966: W6, W10 - Π V. 812: L5, L1

408 FRESNO STATE (3-4-1) (“A Man for All Seasons”)
Π V. 812: L14, L2 - Δ V. 345: W6, W2 - Δ V. 665: L7, L1 - Π V. 713: T, W15

409 FRESNO STATE (3-5) (“Braveheart”)
Δ V. 732: L7, L1 - Π V. 919: W1, L2 - Π V. 712: L7, L24 - Δ V. 250: W1, W2

410 FRESNO STATE (0-8) (“Shakespeare in Love”)
Π V. 250: L22, L29 - Δ V. 344: L14, L20 - Π V. 522: L17, L21 - Δ V. 318: L24, L12

514 COLUMBIA (5-3) (“The Godfather”)
Π V. 964: L10, L14 - Δ V. 522: W4, W11 - Π V. 733: W11, W7 - Δ V. 668: W8, L1

515 COLUMBIA (4-3-1) “Amadeus”
Π V. 318: W13, L6 - Δ V. 864: T, L12 - Π V. 821: W2 L8 - Δ V. 664: W2, W3

522 MORNINGSIDE (3-5) (“The Bridge Over the River Kwai”)   
Δ V. 665: L11, L9 - Π V. 514: L4, L11 - Δ V. 410: W17, W21 - Π V. 918: W8, L5

564 NYU (7-1) (“Annie Hall”)
Π V. 344: W3, W1 - Δ V. 733: W12, W26 - Δ V. 812: W7, W5 - Π V. 610: W17, L6

610 PITTSBURGH (6-1-1) (“The English Patient” )
Δ V. 392: W6, W10 - Π V. 821: T, W3 - Π V. 964: W3, W4 - Δ V. 564: L17, W6

612 IOWA (4-4) (“All the King’s Men”)
Δ V. 928: W2, L3 - Π V. 820: W1, W2 - Δ V. 319: L8, L9 - Π V. 864: L10, W9

664 UC-BERKELEY 2-6 (“Gladiator”)
Δ V. 668: W3, W1 - Π V. 965: L12, L6 - Δ V. 344: L8, L8 - Π V. 515: L2, L3

665 UC-BERKELEY (5-3) (“Chariots of Fire”)
Π V. 522: W11, W9 - Δ V. 812: L2, L15 - Π V. 408: W7, W1 - Δ V. 732: L12, W2

668 MARYLAND (4-3-1) (“Lawrence of Arabia”)
Π V. 664: L3, L1 - Δ V. 318: W2, W6 - Δ V. 346: T, W6 - Π V. 514: W1, L8

712 ARIZONA STATE (4-4) (“Ben-Hur”)
Δ V. 820: W9, L11 - Π V. 347: L3, L7 - Δ V. 409: W7, W24 - Π V. 967: W2, L13

713 ARIZONA STATE (2-5-1) ("West Side Story”)
Π V. 864: L5, L1 - Δ V. 872: L13, L8 - Π V. 919: W11, W20 - Δ V. 408: T, L15

732 CLAREMONT MCKENNA (4-4) (“Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”)
Π V. 409: W7, W1 - Δ V. 319: W4, L3 - Δ V. 872: L11, L12 - Π V. 665: W12, L2

733 CLAREMONT MCKENNA (2-6) (“The Greatest Show on Earth”)
Δ V. 919: W7, W29 - Π V. 564: L12, L26 - Δ V. 514: L11, L7 - Π V. 966: L9, L1

812 REDLANDS (6-2) (“Dances With Wolves”)
Δ V. 408: W14, W2 - Π V. 665: W2, W15 - Π V. 564: L7, L5 - Δ V. 392: W5, W1

820 STANFORD (4-3-1) (“Ordinary People”)
Π V. 712: W11, L9 - Δ V. 612: L1, L2 - Δ V. 345: W13, W1 - Π V. 928: T, W6

821 STANFORD (2-5-1) (“The Departed”)
Π V. 345: W7, L1 - Δ V. 610: T, L3 - Δ V. 515: L2, W8 - Π V. 346: L10, L5

864 KANSAS (4-3-1) (“The Sound of Music”)
Δ V. 713: W5, W1 - Π V. 515: T, W12 - Π V. 965: L9, L3 - Δ V. 612: W10, L9

872 RHODES (6-2) (“Gone With the Wind”)
Δ V. 965: W2, L9 - Π V. 713: W13, W8 - Π V. 732: W11, W12 - Δ V. 347: L2, W5

918 UC-SAN DIEGO (2-6) (“The Last Emperor”)
Π V. 319: L14, L19 - Δ V. 966: L2, L12 - Π V. 250: W10, L5 - Δ V. 522: L8, W5

919 UC-SAN DIEGO (1-9) (“A Beautiful Mind”)
Π V. 733: L7, L29 - Δ V. 409: W2, L1 - Δ V. 713: L11, L20 - Π V. 345: L5, L15

928 YALE (3-4-1) (“American Beauty”)
Π V. 612: W3, L2 - Δ V. 967: W4, W33 - Π V. 347: L7, L5 - Δ V. 820: T, L6

964 UCLA (4-4) (“Rain Man”)
Δ V. 514: W10, W14 - Π V. 346: W4, W3 - Δ V. 610: L3, L4 - Π V. 344: L6, L6

965 UCLA (7-1) (“Titanic”)
Π V. 872: W9, L2 - Δ V. 664: W12, W6 - Δ V. 864: W9, W3 - Π V. 319: W7, W12

966 UCLA (4-4) (“All’s Quiet on the Western Front”)
Δ V. 346: L8, L10 - Π V. 918: W2, W12 - Π V. 392: L6, L10 - Δ V. 733: W9, W1

967 UCLA (4-4) (“On the Waterfront”)
Δ V. 347: W4, L4 - Π V. 928: L4, L33 - Π V. 318: W19, W8 - Δ V. 712: W13, L2

[Pre-Trial Mile]

Props to NYU.  It looks like they had a rough time at Regionals (relatively speaking), but I'm sure they'll still be championship contenders.

Also, I'm blown away by Cal-D.  Check out their Regionals results from Fresno.  Has there ever been a D team as dominant as this one?  Props to Cal for the depth of their program this year.

[originalvagabond]

Let me guess - you're from Cal?  ^_-