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The NIU College of Law hosted its 34th annual Lenny B. Mandell Moot Court Competition for second-year law students. Held Feb. 27, the finals saw the Moot Court champion team of Chelsea Selvey and Stephanie Wiggins emerge victorious over the combination of Matt Cole and Jessica Parsons. Wiggins was also named Best Oralist of the...
The Northern Illinois University College of Law hosted its 32nd annual Lenny B. Mandell Moot Court Competition for second-year law students. Jesse Guth and Nick Perrone became the 2014 Moot Court champion team March 1 as they defeated the combination of Steve Hegedus and Jason Jordan. The teams argued before the distinguished bench of Justice...
The NIU College of Law team of Manar Zayed and Kathryn Guensburg placed second at the national moot court competition, held Sept. 26 and 27 as part of the 17th annual National Latina/o Law Student Association (NLLSA) conference in New Mexico. Zayed and Guensburg also were awarded Best Respondent’s Brief; Guensburg was honored as the...
The NIU College of Law conferred 116 graduates with juris doctorate degrees Saturday, May 25, at its commencement exercises at the Convocation Center. Former Illinois Gov. James Thompson gave the commencement address and received an honorary degree from the law school for his distinguished record of achievement in law and public service. During his address, Thompson...
Second-year NIU College of Law students Anthony Gough and Amanda Wielgus were the winners of the 31st Annual Prize Moot Court Competition held at the NIU College of Law. Gough and Wielgus competed through several rounds of competition over the course of three weekends before achieving victory during the final round of the competition Saturday,...