Milwaukee Regional

[MizzouMock]

Starting lineup:
A 697 Chicago
B 682 St. Olaf
C 468 UW-Milwaukee
E 588 Lake Forest
F 393 Northwestern
G 224 Byebuster
H 469 UW-Milwaukee
I 496 Marquette
J 464 DePaul
K 465 DePaul
L 696 Chicago
M 764 UW-Platteville
N 528 Loras
Q 714 Carroll
R 884 UW-La Crosse
S 678 Carthage
T 500 Minnesota
U 392 Northwestern
W 589 Lake Forest
X 576 Macalester
Y 830 Lawrence
Z 888 Lewis

Nothing but sunny skies and balmy temperatures here--it might hit 30 degrees this weekend.  Should be nice after not getting above the teens all week long.  Good mockin' weather!

[Nur Rauch]

X 576 Macalester

Wait a second. Wasn't 576 in Superior? They already have a bid to the Gold tourney.

[FundamentalPrecepts]

If a program has one team in a regional, that team will always be assigned the "first" of its program's numbers, in this case, 576. Because of the new two-team limit at regionals, it should now always be the case that a program will compete under its two assigned numbers, even if it has teams competing at other regionals.

[ShaphPrime]

Nothing but sunny skies and balmy temperatures here--it might hit 30 degrees this weekend.  Should be nice after not getting above the teens all week long.  Good mockin' weather!

MUCH better than last year's weather... 

Good luck teams!

[MizzouMock]

Round 1 Pairings
(P v. D)
Q v. Y
A v. T
Z v. R
H v. B
L v. F
S v. X
W v. N
U v. J
E v. I
C v. K
G v. M

Round 2 Pairings
(P v. D)
Y v. E
X v. A
I v. Q
B v. G
J v. L
N v. U
M v. H
T v. S
K v. Z
R v. C
F v. W

Round 3 Pairings
(Flip for sides Sunday AM)
B v. X
C v. Z
G v. H
E v. F
Q v. S
K v. L
A v. N
W v. M
I v. U
Y v. R
T v. J

[MizzouMock]

Round 3 Pairings
(P v. D)
X v. B
C v. Z
G v. H
F v. E
S v. Q
L v. K
N v. A
W v. M
I v. U
Y v. R
J v. T

Round 4 Pairings
U v. X
R v. W
Z v. J
A v. F
B v. L
M v. S
H v. I
K v. G
T v. Y
Q v. N
E v. C

[MizzouMock]

OUTSTANDING TRIAL TEAMS
1.  Team L (696), The University of Chicago, 7, CS 21
2.  Team F (393), Northwestern University, 7, CS 19
3.  Team U (392), Northwestern University, 6.5, head-to-head win
4.  Team X (576), Macalester College, 6.5, head-to-head loss
5.  Team J (464), DePaul University, 5, CS 20.5

Honorable Mention
Team K (465), DePaul University, 5, CS 17
Team I (496), Marquette University, 5, CS 15.5

2008 AMTA National Intercollegiate Championship Mock Trial Tournament
Hennepin County Government Center, Minneapolis, April 4-6
Hosted by Hamline University
Teams Receiving Bids
Team L (696), The University of Chicago
Team F (393), Northwestern University

2008 AMTA National Intercollegiate Mock Trial Tournament
Lake County Courthouse, Waukegan, Ill., March 14-16
Hosted by Northwestern University
Teams Receiving Bids
Team U (392), Northwestern University
Team X (576), Macalester College
Team J (464), DePaul University

SPIRIT OF AMTA AWARDS
Awarded to the teams that best exemplify the ideals of honesty, civility, and fair play
Team M (764), University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Team R (884), University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Both with 27 points, rank order 3, 2 positive comments each

OUTSTANDING ATTORNEYS
20-Π, Kellee Williams, Team T (500), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

19-Δ, Emily Lonergan, Team I (496), Marquette University
19-Δ, Alison Ward, Team L (696), The University of Chicago

18-Π, Luca Winer, Team L (696), The University of Chicago
18-Π, Kaitlyn Worst, Team Z (888), Lewis University
18-Δ, Lul Tesfai, Team U (392), Northwestern University

17-Π, Justin Carrero, Team W (589), Lake Forest College
17-Π, Dennis DeMarco, Team K (465), DePaul University
17-Π, Marc Gibson, Team E (588), Lake Forest College
17-Π, Elizabeth Larson, Team X (576), Macalester College
17-Δ, Charles DeBeck, Team B (682), St. Olaf College
17-Δ, Elizabeth Mihm, Team N (528), Loras College
17-Δ, Ben Wood, Team R (884), University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

OUTSTANDING WITNESSES
20-Π, Dani Gonzalez, Team W (589), Lake Forest College
20-Δ, Robert “R.J.” Piercy II, Team H (469), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

18-Π, Brittany Bull, Team F (393), Northwestern University
18-Δ, Austin Olds, Team R (884), University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

17-Π, Cheryl Zogg, Team X (576), Macalester College
17-Δ, Jenny Cusack, Team N (528), Loras College
17-Δ, Drew DeVinney, Team C (468), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

16-Π, Nate Brengle, Team B (682), St. Olaf College
16-Π, Stephen Schreiber, Team S (678), Carthage College
16-Π, Matt Vickery, Team U (392), Northwestern University
16-Δ, Dennis DeMarco, Team K (465), DePaul University
16-Δ, Nicole Oschmann, Team M (764), University of Wisconsin-Platteville

[Nur Rauch]

OUTSTANDING ATTORNEYS
20-Π, Kellee Williams, Team T (500), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

My ex girlfriend. Heh.

[xavier86]

She was good but I saw some much better ones.

[mocksluzer]

I guess the judges disagreed.

[Quotequeen]

Thanks to Woodward and Racheter for running an amazingly smooth tournament/tab room, and congrats to all the teams!

[xavier86]

My team didn't do bad considering we started preparing just 4 weeks before the competition. I for example had never even said the words "mock trial" until around 4 weeks ago and I was one of the three lawyers for the team. On a substantive level we were as good if not better than half of the teams, however we couldn't hyper-memorize everything and thus were marked down, and also had trouble with some objection battles. Didn't have the time to memorize every possible argument to every possible objection.

[Nur Rauch]

She was good but I saw some much better ones.

U of MN 500 has apparently been struggling this year. Nonetheless, their performance at regionals is a huge improvement in contrast to their performance at Mac 1: 0-8.

My team didn't do bad considering we started preparing just 4 weeks before the competition. I for example had never even said the words "mock trial" until around 4 weeks ago and I was one of the three lawyers for the team. On a substantive level we were as good if not better than half of the teams, however we couldn't hyper-memorize everything and thus were marked down, and also had trouble with some objection battles. Didn't have the time to memorize every possible argument to every possible objection.

Do you hail from St. Olaf?

[xavier86]

Nope. Lawrence

[Quotequeen]

Didn't have the time to memorize every possible argument to every possible objection.

Has it occurred to you that some people know the rules very well and are able to come up with objection arguments in trial, and still speak smoothly?