The case United States v. Papaya Cellular was argued on November 1, 2016, at the Ames Moot Court competition. The presiding judges were Hon. John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice (Ret.), U.S. Supreme Court; Hon. David J. Barron ’94, U.S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit; Hon. Alison J. Nathan, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.

The Daniel J. Meltzer Memorial Team

Luke Beasley
Benjamin Burkett
William Ferraro
Amanda Mundell, Oralist
Trenton Van Oss
Connor Winn, Oralist

The Lucy Stone Memorial Team

Michelle Adler
Victoria Hartmann
Helen Rave
Caroline Trusty, Oralist
Stefanie Tubbs
Mengjie Zou, Oralist

The Ames Competition, held in the historic Ames Courtroom of Harvard Law School, is one of the most prestigious competitions for appellate brief writing and advocacy in the country. The students participating in the Final Round started the competition in fall of their 2L year.  Two teams progressed to the Final Round through their strong research abilities and excellent written and oral advocacy.

To view the history of the Ames Moot Court Competition, including decades of videos and info on past competitions, go to : https://hls.harvard.edu/ames-moot-court/