2016-2017

2016-2017 Season

This will be our 6th full season of competition.

Civil case – Riley Winter is a prominent professional writer. On December 23, 2015, Winter was fired from Winter’s job at the defendant’s magazine. Winter contends that the termination violated the Midlands Age Discrimination Act.

2016-2017 Executive Board

President: Mary Preston Austin
Treasurer/Fundraising: Andrew Reay
Assistant Tournament Chair: Richard Green

Tournaments & Results

Thunderdome Invitational (Wheaton College) – October 14-15, 2016
Richard Calkins Invitational (Drake University) – October 29-30, 2016
ISU Invitational (Illinois State) – November 4-6, 2016
Cornshucker Challenge (University of Iowa) – November 19-20, 2016
Queen City Invitational (Xavier University) – December 3-4, 2016
Loras Invitational (Loras College) – January 27-28, 2017
Regionals (Joliet, IL) – February 18-19, 2017
ORCS (Geneva, IL) – March 24-26, 2017

Thunderdome Invitational – October 14-15, 2016

Team Tor: record 4-3-1 8th place
Team Perry: record 4-4
Tab Summary

Teams Tor and Perry

Outstanding Attorneys
Blake VanKerkhoff (19 ranks), Mary Preston Austin (20P/19D ranks), and Richard Green (18 ranks)

Richard Calkins Invitational – October 29-30, 2016

Team Tor: record 4-2-2, 8th place
Team Perry: record 4-4
Tab Summary

Perry and Tor

Outstanding Attorney
Mary Preston Austin (19P/20D ranks)

Illinois State University Invitational – November 4-6, 2016

Team Tor: record 4-3-1, 15th place
Team Perry: record 5-2-1, 5th place
Tab Summary

Team Tor

Team Perry

Outstanding Witness
Joel Erickson (18 ranks)

Cornshucker Challenge – November 19-20, 2016

Make Midlands Great Again (Team 1219): record 5-2-1, 4th place
Tab Summary

Outstanding Attorney
Mary Preston Austin (18 ranks)

Queen City Invitational – December 3-4, 2016
Make Midlands Great Again (Team 1219): record 7-1, 2nd place
$hawyerz Lawyerz (Team 1438): record 1-6-1
Tab Summary

Outstanding Witnesses: Blake VanKerkhoff (20 ranks, far left), Isaac Hendren (19 ranks, far right). Outstanding Attorneys: Nicole Miller (19 ranks), Mary Preston Austin (19 ranks P, 18 ranks D) and Isaac Hendren (17 ranks)

Loras Invitational – December 3-4, 2016
Make Midlands Great Again (Team 1219): record 7-1, 1st place
$hawyerz Lawyerz (Team 1438): record 3-4-1
Tab Summary

Make Midlands Great Again

$hawyers Lawyers

Outstanding Witness Isaac Hendren (20 ranks)
Outstanding Attorneys Nicole Miller (19 ranks), Richard Green (19 ranks), Mary Preston Austin (19 ranks)

Regionals (Joliet, IL) – February 18-19, 2017
Make Midlands Great Again (Team 1219): record 5-2-1, 5th place
$hawyerz Lawyerz (Team 1438): record 3-5

Make Midlands Great Again

$hawyerz Lawyerz

Outstanding Attorney Mary Preston Austin (19 ranks)
Outstanding Witness Alex Zebutis (17D/16P)

ORCS (Geneva, IL) – March 24-26, 2017
Make Midlands Great Again (Team 1219): record 3-5

Outstanding Attorney
Mary Preston Austin (16 ranks)

(obligatory award photo missing as they were short trophies)