IIT Chicago-Kent wins the International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law
The IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law team of Amany Awad '15, Kelly O'Neill '15 and Arlo Walsman '15 won the championship and the award for best petitioner's brief in the 33rd annual John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law October 23 to 25 in Chicago.
The International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law is one of the most highly respected of all international moot court tournaments. Winning briefs from the competition will be published in The Journal of Computer & Information Law.
IIT Chicago-Kent argued successfully in four preliminary rounds, securing the top seed in the final rounds of the tournament. The team defeated New York Law School in the quarterfinals, the University of South Dakota in the semifinals, and Stetson University in the final round to win the championship. (IIT Chicago-Kent also won the overall tournament and best petitioner's brief in 2005.)
Current team member Amany Awad, who was this tournament's fourth-best oral advocate, graduated from the New Jersey Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in biology. Teammate Kelly O'Neill graduated summa cum laude from Texas Tech University with a degree in political science. Arlo Walsman graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor of arts degree in political science.
Founded in 1888, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law school of Illinois Institute of Technology, also known as Illinois Tech, a private, technology-focused, research university offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, architecture, business, design, human sciences, applied technology, and law.
Teams in IIT Chicago-Kent's Ilana Diamond Rovner Program in Appellate Advocacy have won numerous individual student honors and regional and national competitions. In 2008, IIT Chicago-Kent became the first law school to win both the National Trial Competition and the National Moot Court Competition in the same year. In 2009, IIT Chicago-Kent successfully defended its championship in the National Moot Court Competition, becoming the first school in the tournament's 59-year history to win back-to-back titles.
