NYU’s Downtown Invitational
The Downtown Invitational is a collegiate mock trial tournament presented by EMTA in conjunction with NYU’s Undergraduate Mock Trial Team. Since 2006, the Downtown has featured the nation’s top mock trial programs.
Downtown VII
Downtown VII was held on January 26-28, 2013 in downtown Brooklyn.
Top Trial Teams
1st Rhodes, 18-10-1, defeated Duke in final round
2nd Duke, 20-8-1
3rd Harvard, 12-6-2
4th UC Berkeley, 12-7-1
5th Northwood, 12-8
6th Miami-Ohio, 11-9
7th UCLA, 10-9-1, CS 42
8th UC Irvine, 10-9-1, CS 34
Honorable Mention: Furman University, 9-8-3, CS 33
Opening Ceremony Video
A special thanks to Danielle Waugh for her hard work on the video.
Competition Photos :: Click here to view the full gallery
Downtown VI
Downtown VI was held on January 20-22, 2012 in downtown Brooklyn.
Top Trial Teams
1st UCLA, 14 wins, defeated Harvard in final round
2nd Harvard, 13.6
3rd Virginia, 12.1
4th Irvine, 12
5th Berkeley,11.5
6th Northwood, 11.3
7th Washington,10.8
8th Rhodes, 10.5
2012 Downtown All-Star Team
Attorneys
P Opener – Alex Block, Miami, 37 ranks
P Middle – Megan O’Donnell, Virginia, 34 ranks
P Closer – Patrick O’Connor, Santa Cruz, 44.25 ranks
D Opener – Jean Paul Jacquet, Harvard, 43.75 ranks
D Middle – Andrew Nizamian, Brown, 36 ranks
D Closer – Rahul Hari, Irvine, 43 ranks
Honorable Mention – Ben Wallace,Virginia, 38 ranks
Honorable Mention – Pat Wixon, Northwood, 38 ranks
Honorable Mention – Thomas Cull, Rhodes, 37.5 ranks
Honorable Mention – Alyssa Richardson, Furman, 38 ranks
UC Irvine All-American Attorney, Rahul Hari, captured the award for Best Defense Closing Attorney. His team placed 4th at Downtown VI.
Witnesses
Taylor Hopson – Mazamir Yousefi, Irvine, 44 ranks
Pat Lawrence – Cole Wyatt, Rhodes, and Tom Collins, Irvine, 28 ranks
Dr. Avery Smith – Alyssa Richardson, Furman, 32 ranks
Ryan Foster – Jean Paul Jacquet, Harvard, 44 ranks
Sam Lyons – Liam McCabe, Virginia, 32 ranks
London Bennett – Miranda Beltzer, Harvard, 43 ranks
Danny Dawson – Andie Jackon, Miami, 39 ranks
Jordan James – Tom Collins, Irvine, 32 ranks
Defense Expert – Harshita Kilari, Columbia, 45 ranks
Defense Expert – Iain Lampert, UCLA, 36 ranks
Most Versatile – Pauline Dyer, Rhodes, 38 ranks
Harvard All-American Witness and Team Captain, Miranda Beltzer, was honored as the Best London Bennett. The Crimson made it to the Championship Round, coming up just short against UCLA.
Most Overall Ranks
1) Jean Paul Jacquet, Harvard, 87 ranks
2) Patrick O’Connor, Santa Cruz, 78 ranks
3) Harshita Kilari, Columbia, 76 ranks
4) Pat Wixson, Northwood, 74 ranks
5) Megan O’Donnell, Virginia, 73 ranks
6) Rahul Hari, Irvine, 73 ranks
Note that because of snow many judges cancelled on Saturday leading to panels of 4 judges rather than 5. Accordingly, all results from rounds two and three were multiplied by 1.25 to normalize the tabulation.
Download the full tabulation summary here.
Opening Ceremony Video
The video premiered at the Downtown VI Opening Ceremony on Friday, January 20th at 5:15 P.M. Special thanks to EMTA Multimedia Director, Danielle Waugh, for putting together the video and for all of the students who contributed pieces.
Participating Teams
| - Brown University - Columbia University - Furman University - Harvard University - Miami University at Ohio - New York University - Northwood University - Rhodes College - University of California at Berkeley - University of California at Irvine - University of California at Los Angeles - University of California at Santa Cruz - University of Pennsylvania - University of Texas - University of Virginia - University of Washington |
LSAT Sponsor
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Since 2005, the NYU Mock Trial program has supported TestMasters. At least 17 NYU competitors have taken the company’s course including 3 members of this year’s executive board — Patrick Diamond (President), Katy Akopjan, (Vice President) and Jackie Newsome (Treasurer). Additionally, many of our graduates have gone on to teach the TestMasters course, including current coach Vikram Kumar.
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Look for a TestMasters representative at the Downtown! They’ll be there all weekend to answer any questions you have about the LSAT and their course. We thank them for their support!
TestMasters is the official LSAT sponsor of Downtown VI. Click on the logo above to go directly to their site.
Schedule
All rounds and meals will be held at the Kings County Supreme Court, Criminal Division, located at 320 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York.
Friday, January 20
Dinner – 4:15 – 5:15 PM
Opening Ceremony – 5:15 – 5:45 PM
Captains’ Meeting – 5:45 – 6:00 PM
Round 1 – 6:15 – 9:15 PM
Saturday, January 21
Captains’ Meeting 9:45 – 10 AM
Round 2 – 10:15 AM – 1:15 PM
Lunch – 1:00 – 2:15 PM
Captains’ Meeting – 2:15 – 2:30 PM
Round 3 – 2:45 – 5:45 PM
Saturday Night Event — T.B.A. — 8:00 – 11:00 PM, downtown Brooklyn
Sunday, January 22
Captains’ Meeting – 9:00 AM
Round 4 – 9:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Lunch – 12:30 – 1:30 PM
Award Ceremony – 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Championship Round, Ceremonial Courtroom – 3:00 – 5:30 PM
Downtown V in Review
Participating Teams
| - Columbia University - Furman University - Harvard University - Miami University at Ohio - New York University (2 teams) - Northwood University - University of California at Berkeley - University of Iowa - University of California at Irvine - University of California at Los Angeles - University of Michigan - University of Texas - University of Virginia - The George Washington University - Yale University |
Opening Ceremony Video
Sponsors
We thank our Downtown V sponsors:
