This past weekend, we hosted the semifinal rounds for the Harlan Institute-Ashbrook Virtual Supreme Court competition. The teams were superb. Truly, these high school students could compete in any law school moot court competition. We will announce the advancing teams shortly. Here, I would like to thank all of the judges who volunteered their time: John Sparks, Ryan Brown, Christopher Riaño, Jen Deibel, Samantha Vajskop, Curtis Herbert, and Rebecca Taibleson. We are especially grateful to Deputy SG Taibleson, who argued Torres, and prevailed!

Match #1

Petitioner: Team 8006 School: West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North Students: Rithika Iyengar and Siddharth Satish Location: Plainsboro Township, New Jersey Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

Respondent: Team 7860 School: Creekview High School Students: Brian Kang and Angela Nguyen Location: Carrolton, Texas Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bOmHHkxb9Y&ab_channel=JoshBlackman
 

Match #2

Petitioner: Team 7872 School: BASIS Peoria Students: Senou Kounouho and Ayaan Siddiqui Location: Peoria, Arizona Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

Respondent: Team 7852 School: Frisco CTE Center Students: Anita Ashok and Kashish Bastola Location: Frisco, Texas Respondent Brief Preliminary Round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2KJQo2sj3M&ab_channel=JoshBlackman

Match #3

Petitioner: Team 8018 School: Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet Students: Elena Rembert and Melanie Rojas Location: Dallas, Texas Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

Respondent: Team 7890 School: Syosset High School Students: Rachel Lin and Kelly Kim Location: Syosset, New York Respondent Brief Preliminary Round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKltq9jS608&ab_channel=JoshBlackman
 

Match #4

Petitioner: Team 7881 School: Paradise Honors High School Students: Cameron Rose and Nathan Spalding Location: Surprise, Arizona Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

Respondent: Team 8022 School: Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet Students: Avery Rose and Brooke Sanchez Location: Dallas, Texas Respondent Brief Preliminary Round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83e8o9_ou-s&ab_channel=JoshBlackman
 

Match #5

Petitioner: Team 7859 School: Creekview High School Students: Makaylia Askew and Elizabeth Adeoye Location: Carrolton, Texas Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

Respondent: Team 7988 School: Greenwich High School Students: Steven Blank and Benjamin Shi Location: Greenwich, Connecticut Respondent Brief Preliminary Round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgRv3xhcG1w
 

Match #6

Petitioner: Team 7847 School: The Founders Academy Students: Francesca Vesey and James Inamorati Location: Manchester, New Hampshire Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

Respondent: Team 7856 School: Creekview High School Students: Abby Park and Shemaiah DeJorge Location: Carrollton, Texas Respondent Brief Preliminary Round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn6UqupJN_Y&ab_channel=JoshBlackman
 

Match #7

Petitioner: Team 7899 School: The Baldwin School Students: Wynne Conger and Grace Halak Location: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

Respondent: Team 7875 School: BASIS Peoria Students: Pranav Saravanan and Siddhant Urunkar Location: Peoria, Arizona Respondent Brief Preliminary Round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeNrVaVyOe8&ab_channel=JoshBlackman
 

Match #8

Petitioner: Team 7855 School: Creekview High School Students: Jaqueline Aleman and Daniel Sawyers Location: Carrolton, Texas Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

Respondent: Team 7976 School: Joel Barlow High School Students: Catherine Gutowski and Leighton Schur Location: Redding, Connecticut Respondent Brief Preliminary Round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CL2VW1VpYM&ab_channel=JoshBlackman
 

Match #9

Petitioner: Team 7987 School: Greenwich High School Students: Veda Swaminathan and Skyler Zinker Location: Greenwich, Connecticut Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

Respondent: Team 8007 School: West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North Students: Akshat Agarwal and Jonathan Hu Location: Plainsboro Township, New Jersey Respondent Brief Preliminary Round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_73eT_3Dbk&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=JoshBlackman
 

Match #10

Petitioner: Team 8017 School: Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet Students: Charlotte Ortiz and Cora Hughes Location: Dallas, Texas Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

Respondent: Team 8023 School: Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet Students: Semira Morgan and Katelayn Vault Location: Dallas, Texas Respondent Brief Preliminary Round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkGsFWOVf_w&ab_channel=JoshBlackman
 

Match #11

Petitioner: Team 7974 School: Homeschool Students: Campbell Collins and Gabriella Lovins Location: Austin, Texas Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

Respondent: Team 7810 School: Eastside Catholic High School Students: Sam Niehl and Ruoya Huang Location: Sammamish, Washington Respondent Brief Preliminary Round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8XFtAu6_b8&ab_channel=JoshBlackman
 
Match #12

Petitioner: Team 7857 School: Creekview High School Students: Brandon Fantine and Elizaveta Frolova Location: Carrolton, Texas Petitioner Brief Preliminary Round

Respondent: Team 7476 School: Pine Crest School Students: Pedro Ribeiro and Yuvraj Tuli Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Respondent Brief Preliminary Round

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDPCkmWR0D4&ab_channel=JoshBlackman