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[ c u r r i c u l u m ]6Giles Rich Moot Court Competition Sets Participant Recordsip perspectivesJordan Faux, Benjamin Roberts, Hon. Edward Damich, Hon. RandallRader, John Whealan, Kevin McGrath, and Daniel TuckerA record number of teamscompeted in GW Law’s 2010Giles S. Rich Moot CourtCompetition, a nationalcompetition run by GW Law.It is one of several GW Lawmoot court competitions forwhich students may receivecredit. This year, 28 GW teamscompeted. Judges for thepreliminary rounds includedfaculty, alumni, current andformer Federal Circuit clerks,former winners of the competition,and other friends of the IPprogram. The preliminary roundsproduced two final teams: KevinMcGrath and Daniel Tucker, andJordan Faux and BenjaminRoberts.The final round of thecompetition was held in theJacob Burns Moot Court Roomon January 19th and was presidedover by the Honorable RandallR. Rader (J.D. ’78), circuit judgeof the U.S. Court of Appeals forthe Federal Circuit; the HonorableEdward Damich, judge ofthe U.S. Court of Federal Claims;and John Whealan, associatedean of intellectual property lawstudies at GW Law. A standingroomonly crowd of more than100 people attended the finalround, which was followed by areception. The competition wasextremely close and was won bythe team of Kevin McGrath andDaniel Tucker.Additional awards went to:Best Team Brief1 Kevin McGrath andDaniel Tucker2 Jordan Faux andBenjamin Roberts3 Beverly Chang andKelvin VargheseBest Oralist1 Willow Noonan2 Christian Kesselring3 Jordan FauxBest Overall Score1 Jordan Faux2 Daniel Tucker3 Willow NoonanBoth final teams—McGrathand Tucker, and Faux andRoberts—were invited to join theMoot Court Board. In addition,both teams will be sponsored bythe GW Law’s IP program andthe GW Law Moot Court Boardas they compete in the regionalcompetition in Boston thisMarch. Dean Whealan hasoffered to coach both teams.We congratulate all the winnersand wish the two teams that aremoving on the best of luck in theregional competition.Third Section of Patent Law Added for Summer 2010Professor F. Scott Kieff, whojoined GW Law’s faculty last fall,will teach a newly added thirdsection of patent law thissummer. The added section willallow 2Ls who take the course toregister for advanced patentcourses the following fall. Twoother sections of patent law willcontinue to be offered, one in thefall, taught by Judge Randall R.Rader (J.D. ’78) of the U.S. Courtof Appeals for the FederalCircuit, and one in the spring,taught by Professor John F.Duffy. Associate Dean JohnWhealan commented, “This issimply a testament to thestrength of our outstanding IPprogram that we will now offerstudents three sections of patentlaw taught by Duffy, Kieff, andRader, respectively.”GW Cyberlaw Student Association Connects Students,Technology, and LawAs computers becomeincreasingly involved in our dailylives, we find that novel legalissues inevitably challengetraditional applications of thelaw. From issues such as the useof computers as instruments intraditional crimes, such as wirefraud or theft, to the Internet’srole in First Amendment speech,the law has found itself repeatedlyoutpaced by technology. Arecently formed student group atGW Law aims to preparetomorrow’s attorneys to recognizeand confront these problemswherever technology and the lawintersect.The GW Cyberlaw StudentAssociation was created in 2007as a forum to discuss legal issuesspanning a broad spectrum oftopics. The organization aims toraise awareness of cyberlaw issuesand enable students to pursuecareers in an area of technologylaw interesting to them. “Ourdefinition of ‘cyberlaw’ is verybroad, including anythinginvolving the intersection ofcomputers or the Internet andthe law,” according to Andy Blair,continued on page 7