San Francisco, California - California Attorneys for Criminal Justice

Executive Director
Gail Jones
OFFICERS
1555 River Park Dr., Suite 105 ● Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: (916) 643-1800 ● Fax: (916) 643-1836
www.cacj.org
Jeff Thoma, President
Matthew Guerrero, Vice President
Cris Lamb, Treasurer
Steven Rease, Secretary
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice & Hastings College of Law
2015 BOARD OF GOVERNORS
October 15–18, 2015
David Andersen, Oakland
Shannon Baker, Sacramento
Dan Barton, Palo Alto
Elias Batchelder, Oakland
Allison Bernstein, Oakland
David Bigeleisen, San Francisco
Heather Boxeth, San Diego
Robert Boyce, San Diego
Megan Burns, San Francisco
Luke Byward, Victorville
Teresa Caffese, San Francisco
Lesli Caldwell, Fairfield
Seth Chazin, Albany
Oliver Cleary, San Diego
Gerissa Conforti, San Diego
Stephen Dunkle, Santa Barbara
Deedrea Edgar, Santa Barbara
Jodea Foster, Chico
William Genego, Santa Monica
Jacqueline Goodman, Fullerton
Neil Hallinan, Oakland
Mohammad Ali Hamoudi, San Francisco
Richard Hanawalt, Ventura
Belinda Handy, Riverside
Nancy Haydt, Ventura
Kurt Hermansen, San Diego
Michael Hernandez, San Diego
Dustin Johnson, Sacramento
David S. Kestenbaum, Van Nuys
Keri Klein, Nevada City
Richard LaFianza, Mountain View
James Lambe, Fresno
Barry Melton, Clearlake
Jessie Morris, Sacramento
Joe O'Neill, Oxnard
Linda Parisi, Sacramento
Alex Post, Oakland
Dennis Riordan, San Francisco Timothy
Rien, Livermore
Adam Ryan, Redding
Jesse Stout, San Francisco
Julie Traun, San Francisco
Orchid Vaghti, Santa Rosa
Charles Windon III, Rancho Palos Verdes
Allison Zuvela, Woodland
National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition
San Francisco, California
The California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and University of Hastings
School of Law cordially invites your law school to compete in our National
Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition to be held in San Francisco, California,
October 15–18, 2015
We are looking forward to this year's event as it will be an excellent trial advocacy
competition. We have invited only the best programs in the nation to compete.
The competition will be held in the Federal District Courthouse with the final
round at Hastings College of Law.
Our competition is in its 7th year, and in this short time, it has become well known
for its excellence. Both the fact pattern and judging have been hailed as
exemplars of what a competition should include. We are fortunate to attract
dedicated federal and state court judges and highly experienced criminal defense
attorneys and prosecutors in our state and federal courts here in San Francisco.
Attached to this invitation are copies of CACJ’s Forum’s articles summarizing
recent competitions.
Since 1973, justice has been part of our organizational name, because
Justice is our goal. From the initial membership of 60 lawyers, California
Attorneys for Criminal Justice has grown to include thousands of members and is
the country's largest statewide organization of criminal defense lawyers and allied
professionals.
The specific purposes of CACJ are:
1. To defend the rights of persons as guaranteed by the United States
Constitution, the Constitution of the State of California and other applicable law;
2. To preserve due process and equal protection of the law for the benefit of
all persons; to enhance the ability of its members to discharge their
professional responsibilities through educational programs, publications and
mutual assistance; and
3. To protect and foster the independence of the criminal defense lawyer and to improve the quality
of the administration of criminal law.
To register, please review the attached REGISTRATION INFORMATION and complete the
APPLICATION form attached. As noted, Registration opens on May 4, 2015, and closes on June 12,
2015, when payment is due.
CACJ will provide a Federal Tax ID form upon request if needed by your accounting department.
Also attached are key deadlines and additional General Information. For questions concerning the
competition please email [email protected]. For any other questions regarding payment or
deadlines, please email Sydney Langford at [email protected].
Thank you.
Respectfully,
NCTAC Planning Committee
David Diamond
Mohammad Hamoudi
Geoffrey Hansen
Cris Lamb
Bobbie Stein
Julie Traun
Orchid Vaghti
National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition
2015 CACJ & UC Hastings Law School
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Thank you for your interest in the 2015 CACJ National Criminal Law Trial Advocacy Competition. In recent years, the
number of law schools wishing to enter teams in the NCTAC has increased greatly. In order to maintain the quality of
the competition, and to insure that teams from the greatest number of law schools are able to participate, we
have changed some of our policies and procedures. Please read the following Registration Information
carefully as it differs from past years:
CACJ TRIAL COMPETITION DATES
October 15, 16, 17 and 18, 2015
REGISTRATION FEE (Non-Refundable after July 31, 2015)
$500.00 per Team
REGISTRATION OPENS
May 4, 2015
REGISTRATION CUT-OFF AND PAYMENT DUE DATE
June 12, 2015
MAILING OF TRIAL MATERIALS (Subject to change)
Early September 2015
Mail, Email or Fax Application and Payments to CACJ,
Attn: Sydney Langford, 1555 River Park Drive, Ste. 105, Sacramento, CA 95815
[email protected] or (916)643-1836- fax
(Registration Applications received earlier than this date will not be given priority)
(Trial Materials will be electronically mailed to the e-mail address indicated on your
Registration Application.)
IDENTIFICATION of COMPETITORS and OTHER PARTICIPANTS
September 18, 2015
(Each team must consist of four (4) competitors. The names of student
competitors, coaches, advisers and guests must be provided to CACJ.)
MULTIPLE TEAMS
If your school wishes to field a second team, you must indicate this on your Registration Application. PLEASE NOTE that
only one (1) team will be confirmed as registered prior to the Registration Cut-Off Date. The registration of your “Team 2”
will be held in abeyance until after the Registration Cut-Off Date. If, after the Registration Cut-Off Date, there is space
available, the registration of your “Team 2” will be confirmed. Confirmation of Registration of your “Team 2” will be sent
within ten (10) days after the Registration Cut-Off Date. Applications for more than two (2) teams per school will not be
accepted. If, after the Registration Cut-Off Date a school withdraws one of its two teams from the Competition, the other
team from that school, in the discretion of CACJ, may also be required to withdraw to maintain a proper number of teams
overall.
LATE REGISTRATION
Registration Applications and/or Registration Fee checks received after the Registration Cut-Off Date will be accepted only to
the extent that positions are available after the allocation of positions to previously received “Team 2” applications has
been completed. (See “MULTIPLE TEAMS”, above.)
If you have any questions please contact:
[email protected]
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
&
Hastings College of Law
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
1555 River Park Drive, Suite 105
Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: (916) 643-1800
Fax:(916) 643-1836
National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition
UNIVERSITY CONTACT INFORMATION
SCHOOL NAME:__________________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
COACH/ ADVISOR*: _______________________________________________________________________________
COACH/ ADVISOR PHONE*: ______________________________
COACH/ ADVISORS EMAIL*:________________________________
*REQUIRED INFORMATION
TEAM ENTRY DEADLINE: JUNE 12, 2015
(NON REFUNDABLE AFTER JULY 31, 2015) LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE!
One Team
Wait List for 2nd Team
□ $500.00
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2013 NATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIAL ADVOCACY COMPETITION
By Julie Traun
This year the competition featured
24 law school teams from all around
the country. Each team is comprised
of four students who must prepare
both a prosecution and defense team;
each student performs the role of
advocate and witness and following
every round, the team must switch
roles. Obviously, the work by the
teams requires mastery of facts, strategy and law from the perspective
of both defense and prosecution. It
is a significant undertaking. The
teams were paired randomly, having no idea how the opposing team
might prepare.
The level of preparation and skill
exhibited by the student participants
was impressive and the resulting
competition was intense. More than
100 lawyers and judges volunteered
their time to help preside over and/
or score the trials.
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2014 National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition
Participants and Winners
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CACJ held its sixth annual
National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition (NCTAC) this
year, hosting 24 law school
teams
from
around
the
country. In six years this competition has grown in stature and
popularity, garnering a national
reputation. The program now
attracts some of the nation's top
law school advocacy programs.
The NCTAC was created to
stimulate student interest in
developing trial advocacy skills
with a focus on criminal and
constitutional law and to
encourage law schools to teach
trial advocacy skills to their
students. In recent years, CACJ
has partnered with UC Hastings
College of the Law to plan the
event. The final round is held in
Hastings¶ state-of-the-art moot
courtroom. The preliminary
rounds are held at the Federal
District Court in San Francisco.
1st Place University of San Diego School of Law
(LeŌ to Right): The Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong, Senior Judge Federal District
Court, Aaron French, Caitlin Macker, James Joseph, Jennifer Boyle, Steven Kalar,
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of the San Francisco Superior Court
who collapsed in the August
heat during football practice,
never to regain consciousness.
Prosecutors brought unprecedented charges against the high
school football coach for the
death of the player. The law
school teams played out the
courtroom drama, alternately
prosecuting and defending the
coach
against
involuntary
manslaughter and child abuse
CACJ¶s devoted NCTAC¶s
charges.
coordinating committee based
this year¶s fact pattern on an ac- Each law school team painstaktual case out of Louisville, ingly analyzed, strategized and
Kentucky. It was the tragic case practiced their skills for six
of a high school football player weeks prior to arriving in San
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Francisco for the competition.
The four member teams acted as
both the prosecution and the defense, in addition, performed as
both advocates and witness,
switching roles every round.
Understanding the case from the
broad perspective of witness and
advocate, defense and prosecution, requires considerable effort
and a thorough analysis of the
strengths and weaknesses of the
facts and applicable law.
Teams were paired randomly
and all teams competed during
the preliminary rounds on
Thursday and Friday nights.
CACJ/FORUM
Congratulations to all of the
2014 National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition
Participants
CACJ¶s own Ann Moorman,
now a Superior Court Judge in
Mendocino County, addressed
the students after the Friday
night round at the Soluna Cafe &
Lounge reception as they awaited the results of the preliminary
rounds. Citing her own experience and involvement with
CACJ, Ann encouraged students
to find a professional community, like CACJ, to foster relationships with respected peers,
noting that the professional
development made possible
through organizations like CACJ
is essential to professional excellence.
Only the top eight teams
advanced to the Saturday morning quarter finals, with four winners moving on to the semi-final
round on Saturday afternoon.
This year¶s top two teams, Charlotte School of Law and University of San Diego, met on
Sunday morning in the final
round before an esteemed panel
of both Federal and State Court
judges and the Federal Defender
for Northern California.
In each round, the teams exhibited extraordinary skill and preparation and our volunteer judges
universally praised the participants for their impressive
performances.
Nearly 100
lawyers and judges graciously
volunteered their time to preside
over and score the trials.
Thank you to everyone who
helps to make this competition
possible year after year. This
event could not happen without
the commitment of time and energy by all of our volunteers. A
special note of gratitude goes out
to Geoff Hansen of the Federal
Defender¶s 2ffice and $djunct
3rofessor at Hastings College of
the Law. His tireless efforts to
secure the use of the Federal
Courthouse and permission of
twelve judges for the use of their
courtrooms as well as his logistical support for all aspects of this
competition is the glue that
cements the success of this pro-
gram.
The CACJ/ Hastings
National Criminal
Trial Advocacy
Competition Committee
Julie Traun (chair), David
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And the Winners aref
1st Place: University of San Diego
School of Law
ϮnĚ Place: harloƩe School of Law
3rd Place: Florida State School of Law
6th Place: Pepperdine University
School of Law (Team #2)
7th Place: Santa Clara University
School of Law
8th Place: University of San Francisco
School of Law
ϰth Place: U ,asƟngs ollege of Law
5th Place: Loyola University of Chicago
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George Porter Award
James
Joseph,
University of San Diego
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Congratulations to all of the
2014 National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition
Participants
George Porter Award Recipient
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James Joseph –University of San Diego
2nd Place: Charlotte School of Law
(LeŌ to Zight): The ,onorable Saundra Broǁn rmƐtronŐ,
Senior JudŐe &ederal DiƐtrict ourt, JameƐ JoƐeƉh, Steven <alar,
&ederal DeĨender Eorthern DiƐtrict oĨ aliĨornia, The ,onorable
SuƐan Breall, JudŐe oĨ the San &ranciƐco SuƉerior ourt
(LeŌ to Zight): Zobert <. orbeƩ, ///, The ,onorable Saundra
Broǁn rmƐtronŐ, Senior JudŐe &ederal DiƐtrict ourt, JoƐhua
<ellouŐh, ledža DcartneLJ, Waul Steven (in bacŬ), The
,onorable SuƐan Breall, JudŐe oĨ the San &ranciƐco SuƉerior
ourt, Steven <alar, &ederal DeĨender Eorthern DiƐtrict oĨ
aliĨornia, and JuƐƟn ŬenjeƉiƐ
3 rd Place: Florida State School of Law
4th Place: UC Hastings School of Law
(LeŌ to Zight)͗ oreLJ <irŬǁood, Lauren BaLJe,
Demi BuƐaƩa, and ZLJan DolaŐhan
(LeŌ to Zight): JuƐƟn WaŐe, SteƉhanie Biehl, ,annah toreŬ,
and JeƐƐica 'ueƐt
CACJ/FORUM
Thank You to all of the
2014 National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition
Judges
Final Round Judges:
The Honorable Susan M Breall
Judge of the San Francisco Superior Court
The Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong
Senior District Judge
Steven Kalar
Federal Defender, Northern District
Special Thanks to all of our Judges...
Hon. Saundra Brown
Armstrong
Hon. Susan Breall
Hon. Harry Dorfman
Hon. Susan Illston
Hon. Newton Lam
Hon. James Larson
Hon. Ann Moorman
Hon. Braden Woods
Hon. 'arreƩ Wong
Shilpi Agarwal
Linda Allen
David Andersen
Graham Archer
Dean Arnold
Ira Barg
Daniel Barton
Elliot Beckelman
George Beckwith
Daniel Blank
Jeīrey Bornstein
Chuck Bourdon
Sheila Brogna
Megan Burns
ScoƩ Burrell
Gregory Cleaver
John Cline
Robbi Cook
William Corman
Erin Crane
Randolph Daar
MaƩ Dalton
Ila Deiss
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Paul DeMeester
Grace DiLaura
Lisa D'Orazio
Julie Drous
Ruth Edelstein
BriƩ Evangelist
Braden Faerstein
Nicole Feied
Thomas Feimer
Seth Flagsberg
Eric Flemming
Erica Franklin
Peter Furst
Michael Gawley
Brian Getz
Mark Goldrosen
August Gugelmann
Amanda Hairston
Eric Hairston
John Hamasaki
Stuart Hanlon
Sarah Hawkins
Laurel Headley
Michael Hinckley
Sidney Hollar
Rick Horn
Douglas Horngrad
Lindsay Horstman
Mark Iverson
Anne Lackey
Jan Lecklikner
Kasie Lee
Marvin Lew
Suzanne Luben
Mary MacNamara
Alex McClure
Brian McComas
Alyssa MelloƩ
Candis Mitchell
Karen Morghtader
Robert Moutrie
Chris Nemetz
Sanaz Nikaein
Shirin Oloumi
Thomas Ostly
Asit Panwala
Nate Peterson
Randy Sue Pollock
Alexander Post
Garry Preneta
Sharon Reardon
John Rowland
Richard Shikman
Rani Singh
Mai Linh Spencer
Linda Starr
Tony Tamburello
Michael Thorman
Rafael Trujillo
L. Stephen Turer
Orchid saghƟ
Robert Waggener
Cheryl Wallace
Charles Woodson
Tom Worthington
Some of the Judges from the
Semi-Final and Quarter-Final
Rounds:
(LeŌ to Zight): The Honorable Susan Illston, Senior District Judge,
The Honorable James Larson, District Magistrate Judge (reƟred)
(former CAJC president), The Honorable Ann Moorman, Judge of the
Superior Court, Mendocino County (former CACJ president), MaƩ
Gonzalez, Chief AƩorney, San Francisco Public Defender and Ted
Cassman (former CACJ president), (Eot pictured: Eric Fleming (Head
of Homicide hnit) and Linda Allen (Homicide hnit), San Francisco
District AƩorney͛s Oĸce, The Honorable Harry Dorfman, The Honorable GarreƩ Wong, Judges of the San Francisco Superior Court
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