2023 Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition winners Victoria Vicknair and Andrew Levie (from left to right) with Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson Partner Danielle Borel (’14), Judge Hunter Greene of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal, LSU Law Professor John Devlin, and competition runners up Hannah Johnson and Emily Cormier.
Second-year LSU Law students Andrew Levie and Victoria Vicknair won the 2023 Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition, besting classmates Emily Cormier and Hannah Johnson in the competition’s final round on Monday, Oct. 23, in the Robinson Courtroom at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
The teams presented oral arguments in a fictional U.S. Supreme Court case before a panel of distinguished judges that included Judge Hunter Greene of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal; Danielle Borel (’14), partner at Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson; and LSU Law Professor John Devlin.
Named in honor of the late dean emeritus of LSU Law, the Robert L. Tullis Moot Court Competition has been a tradition of honor at LSU Law since 1936. Teams of second-year law students write an appellate brief in a hypothetical United States Supreme Court case and then argue the case to panels of attorneys and judges in an oral advocacy tournament.
The winners of the Tullis Competition have their names inscribed on the Tullis plaque, which is located outside the Robinson Courtroom. The four finalists also receive automatic membership on next year’s Board of Advocates, as do the winners of the Best Brief and Best Oralist awards.
