The 2024 Wabash College Moot Court Finalists and Judges. Front row (l to r):
Delaware County Circuit Judge Douglas Mawhorr ’88, U.S. District Judge Matthew Brookman, Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Elizabeth Tavitas, and Christiana Ochoa, Dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Back Row: Jeff Drury, professor of rhetoric; Tobey Condon '26, Gabe Pirtle '25, Jake 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ber '25, Top Advocate and Floyd Artful Advocate Prize winner; Elijah 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@tzel '27, Scott Himsel '85, associate professor of political science and pre-law advisor; and Matthew Griffith '89, founder and managing partner of Griffith Xidias Law Group.
Professor of Rhetoric and Department Chair Jeff Drury welcomed attendees to Salter Hall and introduced the finalists.
Tobey Condon ’26 aruged for the Petitioners...
...as did Elijah 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@tzel ’27.
Gabe Pirtle ’25 argued for the Respondents...
...as did Jake 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ber ’25.
Scott Himsel '85, associate professor of political science and pre-law advisor, introduced the judges.
The panel of judges included (from left) Delaware County Circuit Judge Douglas Mawhorr ’88, U.S. District Judge Matthew Brookman, Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Elizabeth Tavitas, and Christiana Ochoa, Dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@tzel opened the arguments.
It wasn't long into his argument before the questions began.
Here, Judge Brookman poses a question.
A religion major from Lafayette, Indiana, 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@tzel made his first Moot Court finals appearance.
皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ber (left) and Pirtle listen intently.
Condon takes up the arguments for the Petitioners.
Following the event, Condon praised the Wabash alumni and supporters who helped prepare all the participants during the Moot Court competition.
Judge Mawhorr responds to one of Condon's points.
Condon is a PPE major from Watervliet, New York.
Plenty of students in attendance paid rapt attention.
All of the finalists prepared detailed notes for their arguments. Here is a look at one page of 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ber's notes.
皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ber was first up for the Respondents.
Preston Reynolds '25 was an active listener.
皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ber is a rhetoric and French major from Fishers, Indiana.
皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ber claimed both Top Advocate honors and the Floyd Artful Advocate Prize, making him the first student to claim both awards in the same Moot Court competition.
The Floyd Artful Advocacy Prize honors the memory of Douglas B. Floyd, a Hamilton County lawyer remembered by his colleagues as “an artful advocate of causes he believed in.” The winner is to be not only a successful advocate, but also kind, tactful, and principled. As lawyers might say, he succeeds without scorching the earth. The Prize rewards not only winning qualities as an advocate, but also a winning disposition—someone who can take the heat with a smile.
Pirtle listens to 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ber's points before he takes the lectern.
Judge Tavitas (center) readies a question.
Pirtle wraps up arguments from the Respondents.
Pirtle was thoughtful and measured in his delivery.
皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@tzel takes notes.
Pirtle is a PPE major from Sullivan, Indiana, and a two-time Moot Court finalist.
A Moot Court finalist in 2023, Andrew Dever '25, reacts positively to a solid point made by Pirtle.
There was plenty of student interest in this legal competition.
Dean Ochoa asks a question.
Audience member Bryce Kinnaman '27 took detailed notes of his own.
Matthew Griffith '89 (left) , an Indianapolis lawyer and Moot Court mentor, debriefs with the finalists on the Salter Hall stage before decisions are announced.
皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ber (left) accepts the Top Advocate award from Judge Brookman.