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    2021 ABA NAAC Results

    There can be only one. And last weekend in “Chicago,” the final 24 teams in the 2021 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition competed virtually to see who would take the title in this year’s moot court battle.

    In the end, the team of Taylor Holley, Alicia Mpande, and Jay Evans from Texas Tech University School of Law emerged as the victors, defeating Belmont University College of Law on Saturday morning.

    The topic for the 2020-2021 competition was the Civil Rights Law, framed in the context of a lawsuit regarding the First Amendment rights of a public employee, this year’s problem focuses on the qualified-immunity doctrine.

    Here are the complete results:

    Champion

    Texas Tech University School of Law, Team 772
    Taylor Holley, Alicia Mpande, and Jay Evans

    National Finalists

    Belmont University College of Law, Team 350
    Josh Kleppin, Hannah Berny, and John Nix

    National Semifinalists

    University of California Berkeley School of Law, Team 239
    Rose Garber, Madeeha Dean, and Benjamin Malings

    Michigan State University College of Law, Team 487
    Rachel Westmaas, Alana Ballantyne, and Alexander Numbers

    National Quarterfinalists

    Stetson University College of Law, Team 670
    Frieda Lindroth, Toria Ryan, and Anya Pardy

    University of Alabama School of Law, Team 836
    Mollie Gillis, Robert Humphrey, and John Gillespie

    Washington University School of Law (St. Louis), Team 428
    Caitlin Bailey, Christopher Collum, and Hayden Hanson

    Washington and Lee University School of Law, Team 742
    Matt Kaminer, Carson Cox, and Rich Gilliland

    Regional Qualifiers

    University of Oklahoma College of Law, Team 155
    Modupe Adamolekun, Wyatt McGuire, Andrew Rader

    Wake Forest University School of Law, Team 175
    Katharine Batchelor, Kyle Brady, Mary Catherine Young

    Campbell University – Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Team 183
    Chelsey Wilson, Miriam Sheppard, Brandon Brower

    University of Oklahoma College of Law, Team 194
    Anamayan Narendran: Cameron Burleson, Elizabeth Hampton

    University of California Berkeley School of Law, Team 239
    Rose Garber, Madeeha Dean, Benjamin Malings

    University of California Hastings College of the Law, Team 240
    Gerardo Inzunza Higuera, Sara Zamani, Katie Molander-Scull

    Pepperdine University School of Law, Team 257
    Ashley Koos, David Portillo,

    University of California Berkeley School of Law, Team 278
    Jonathan Chacon, Kelsey Lobisser, Delaney Brooks

    William and Mary Law School, Team 322
    Corinne Cichowicz, Danielle Musselman, George Townsend

    Belmont University College of Law, Team 350
    Josh Kleppin, Hannah Berny, John Nix

    Washington University School of Law (St. Louis), Team 352: Nick Coyle, Shomari Smith, Allison Walter

    Washington University School of Law (St. Louis), Team 428
    Caitlin Bailey, Christopher Collum, Hayden Hanson

    Wayne State University Law School, Team 472
    Benjamin Wu, Molly Moss, Mark Taylor Janssen

    Michigan State University College of Law, Team 487
    Rachel Westmaas, Alana Ballantyne, Alexander Numbers

    Emory University School of Law, Team 531
    Daniel Zozaya Brown, Alayna Trilling,

    Michigan State University College of Law, Team 578
    Charlie Clark, Lauren Legner, Brandon Paul Cross

    Stetson University College of Law, Team 601
    Jessica Merker, Christopher Gieger,

    Stetson University College of Law, Team 670
    Frieda Lindroth, Toria Ryan, Anya Pardy

    George Washington University Law School, Team 726
    Sophia Slade-Ilaria, James Heaney,

    Washington and Lee University School of Law, Team 742
    Matt Kaminer, Carson Cox, Rich Gilliland

    Texas Tech University School of Law, Team 772
    Taylor Holley, Alicia Mpande, Jay Evans

    University of Alabama School of Law, Team 836
    Robert Humphrey, John Gillespie, Mollie Gillis

    Texas Tech University School of Law, Team 870
    Sara Baumgardner, Sarah Jo Lambert, William Langford

    Regent University School of Law, Team 964
    Sarah Martz, Kelsey McGee, Francesca McManus

    National Best Advocate

    Tied for Ninth Place: Madeeha Dean, University of California Berkeley School of Law, Team 239 and Nick Coyle, Washington University School of Law (St. Louis), Team 352.         

    Eighth Place: Rose Garber, University of California Berkeley School of Law, Team 239

    Seventh Place: Alana Ballantyne, Michigan State University College of Law, Team 487

    Sixth Place: Allison Walter, Washington University School of Law (St. Louis), Team 352

    Fifth Place: John Nix, Belmont University College of Law, Team 350

    Tied for Third Place: Caitlin Bailey, Washington University School of Law (St. Louis), Team 428 and Alexander Numbers, Michigan State University College of Law, Team 487

    Second Place: Alicia Mpande, Texas Tech University School of Law, Team 772

    First Place: Hannah Berny, Belmont University College of Law, Team 350

    National Best Brief

    Texas Tech University School of Law, Team 772
    Taylor Holley, Alicia Mpande, and Jay Evans

    2nd Place
    Washington and Lee University School of Law
    Matt Kaminer, Carson Cox, and Rich Gilliland

    3rd Place
    University of California Hastings College of the Law
    Gerardo Inzunza Higuera, Sara Samani, and Katie Molander-Scull

    4th Place
    Wayne State University Law School
    Benjamin Wu, Molly Moss, and Mark Taylor Janssen

    5th Place
    Belmont University College of Law
    Josh Kleppin, Hannah Berny, and John Nix