4/08/04--Boston College Law School held its annual internal moot court competition finals on Wednesday, April 14 in room 120 of the East Wing. The Wendell F. Grimes Moot Court featured a three-judge panel and two finalists teams: team one with Jon Berroya and Jason Casero; and team two with Thomas Holden and Sarah Thomas. Berroya and Casero took home the victory in a closely-fought match.

"We had another brilliant final event,” said Director of Advocacy Programs Alexis Anderson. “It was a very effectively argued round, and one that did tribute to the overall strength of the competition. The judges put the finalists through their paces, all of whom proved very able.”

Berroya took home the Best Oralist Award. The Best Brief for the competition was won by the team of Courtney Harrison and Kristin Potdevin. Best Runner-up Brief was won by John Hobgood and Lisa Lipman.

The three participating judges were Chief Judge Deanell Reece Tacha from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit; Judge Robert J. Cordy from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Appeals; and Judge Patti B. Saris from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

This year's problem was a criminal law matter raising two very timely questions: the constitutionality of Patriot Act as authority to invade a citizen's home without a warrant, and the refusal of a trial judge to recuse himself in a matter on which he has publicly expressed some general opinions.

For more information on the Grimes Moot Court competition, please contact Alexis Anderson at andersoa@bc.edu.

View photos from the competition