This fall the Litigophers competed at Scot Free Scrimmage,The Illini Invite,The Arch Invitational,The Red Cedar Classic, The Bluejay Invitational, Badger the Witness, the Ole Open,  Cornshucker tournament in Iowa, Big Apple Invitational, Eau-Claire Menards Center tournament, Mid-Missouri, and AtypiCal!

The Litigophers then competed at both the Madison and Drake regionals, earning two bids to the St.Paul Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS)!

Wish our Litigophers luck as maroon competes at the National Championship Tournament (NCT) in Washington, D.C.!

Contact us at [email protected], if you would like to get involved!

During the 2025-2026 AMTA Competitive Season, our three teams won multiple individual and team awards! 

• At Scot Free Scrimmage, our Gold team took first and Silver team took third
  • Outstanding Attorney, Bill Phan, 20 ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Logan Juran, 19 ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Reagan Koppelman, 16 ranks 
  • Outstanding Witness, Hayden Dylla, 16 ranks
• At Illini Invite, our members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Bill Phan, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Jackson Barber, 16 Ranks
• At Red Cedar Classical, our members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Emily Sapyta, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness & Attorney, Rory Behm, 17 & 18 Ranks
• At Arch Invitational, our members took home these individual awards and got fifth place:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Logan Juran, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Shubhangi Mohan, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Reagan Koppelman, 17 Ranks
• At Blue Jay Invitational, Gold placed first, with Silver placing second, as well as these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Raavi Singh, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Quincy Davis, 18 Ranks
• At Badger the Witness, Maroon got fifth place, along with these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Shubhangi Mohan, 29 Ranks
  • Double Outstanding Witness, Rory Behm, 27 & 25 Ranks
• At St. Olaf, our Maroon team took 1st, our Silver team took 2nd, and our Gold team took third, with our members taking home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Simon Rakes 20 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Antoine Eggers, 20 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Shubhangi Mohan, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Logan Juran, 17 Ranks
  • Double Outstanding Witness, Vera Zamborini, 20 &18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Stella Druck, 19 Ranks
• At Iowa University Cornshucker, this member took home an individual award:
  • Outstanding Witness, Jackson Barber, 18 Ranks
• At Big Apple Invitational, a member took home this individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Shubhangi Mohan, 17 Ranks
• At UW Eau Claire Menards Center tournament, Maroon took first place and Gold took second place, and Silver took fifth! Our members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Logan Juran, 17 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Hannah Koster, 16 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Antoine Eggers, 16 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Emily Sapyta, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Jackson Barber, 17 Ranks
• At Mid-Missouri, these members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Quincy Davis, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Vye Nayaka, 17 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Veronica Cruz, 16 Ranks
• At AtypiCal, Maroon got an honorable mention for SPAMTA and these members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Logan Juran, 20 Ranks
• At the Madison Regionals, these members took home individual awards:
  • Outstanding Witness & Outstanding Attorney, Quincy Davis, 16 & 19 Ranks
  •  Outstanding Witnes, Vye Nayaka, 16 ranks
• At the Drake Regionals, Maroon and Gold got  bids to ORCS, and these members took home individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Shubhangi Mohan, 20 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Hannah Koster, 19 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Logan Juran, 19 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Antoine Eggers, 18 Ranks
  • Double Outstanding Witness , Rory Behm, 17 & 17 Ranks
• At ORCS, Maroon earned a bid to Nationals, and these individual awards: 
  • Outstanding Attorney, Shubhangi Mohan, 19 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Rory Behm, 17 Ranks

During the 2024-2025 AMTA Competitive Season, our three teams won multiple individual and team awards! 

• At our home tournament UMNUMB, our members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Lydia Blatzheim, 19 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Amber Findlay, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Logan Juran, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Hannah Koster, 18 Ranks
• At Drake, our Maroon team took 2nd and our Gold team took 5th, with our members taking home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Witness, Ainsley Brown, 20 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Logan Juran, 20 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Shreya Srinivasan, 20 Ranks
• At Madison, our members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Shubhangi Mohan, 27 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Hannah Koster, 26 Ranks
• At Cornell College, a member took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Witness, Riley Hetland, 17 Ranks
• At St. Olaf, our Maroon team took 1st and our Gold team took 2nd, with our members taking home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Amber Findlay, 20 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Hannah Koster, 19 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Staël Kpetsu, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Shubhangi Mohan, 17 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Quincy Davis, 16 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Quincy Davis, 16 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Rocco Ruggeri, 16 Ranks
• At Iowa University, Maroon finished with an honorable mention going 5-3, with our members taking home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Shubhangi Mohan, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Logan Juran, 17 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Shreya Srinivasan, 17 Ranks
• At St. Thomas, Maroon took first place! A member took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Shubhangi Mohan, 17 Ranks
• At UW Eau Claire, Maroon took first place and Gold took third place! Our members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Logan Juran, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Isabelle Hentges, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Vera Zamborini, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Raavi Singh, 17 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Jessica Li, 16 Ranks
• At the Madison Regionals a member took home an award:
  • Outstanding Witness, Joseph Anderson, 17 Ranks
• At the Des Moines Regionals, Gold with a bind to ORCS! This member took home an individual award:
  • Outstanding Witness, Ainsley Brown, 19 Ranks
• At the St. Paul ORCS this member took home an award:
  • Outstanding Witness, Staël Kpetsu, 17 Ranks

During the 2023-2024 AMTA Competitive Season, our three teams won multiple individual and team awards! 

• At our home tournament UMNUMB, our Silver teams got 5th place with our members taking home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Amber Findlay, 20 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Rory Behm, 20 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Ella Curiel, 19 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Lydia Blatzheim, 19 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Rory Behm, 17 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Vera Zamborini, 16 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Khoi Phan, 16 Ranks
• At Drake, our Gold team took home 5th place with our members taking home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Amber Findlay, 20 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Shreya Srinivasan, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Grace Marchand, 17 Ranks
• At Creighton, our Gold team took home 4th place with our members taking home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Witness, Amelia Anderson
• At Indiana, our Gold team took home 7th place with our members taking home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Witness, Rory Behm, 18 Ranks
  • Outstanding Attorney, Amber Gaylord, 18 Ranks
• At St. Olaf, our Silver team members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Ella Bucher-Dagen
  • Outstanding Witness, Mathew Krelitz
• At Madison, our Maroon team members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Witness, Rory Behm, 24 Ranks
• At Columbia, our Maroon team members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Witness, Rory Behm, 20 Ranks
• At Vanderbilt, our Gold and Silver team members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Witness, Jinhyoung Bang, 16 Ranks
  • Outstanding Witness, Riley Hetland, 18 Ranks
• At Georgetown, our Maroon team members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Witness, Rory Behm
• At Indiana University, our Silver team members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Witness, Abby Lockrem
• At the Drake Regional, our Gold team won a bid to ORCS, and team members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Witness, Emma Nelson
• At the Madison Regional, our Silver team won a bid to ORCS, and team members took home these individual awards:
  • Outstanding Attorney, Ella Bucher-Dagen
• At the St. Paul ORCS, our Gold and Silver team members took home these individual awards:
  • All-National Attorney, Logan Juran, 19 ranks
  • All-National Attorney, Amber Findlay, 18 ranks
  • All-National Witness, Jinhyoung Bang, 16 ranks 

In the 2022-2023 AMTA Competitive Season, our three teams won multiple individual and team awards! 

• At our home tournament UMNUMB, our Maroon and Gold teams got 1st and 2nd place with multiple members taking home attorney and witness awards!
• At Drake, members of our White and Gold team won attorney and witness awards!
• At UIUC, our Maroon team competed with two members winning outstanding witness awards!
• At Vanderbilt, Gold and Maroon competed and three members received witness awards!
• At St.Olaf, White team won a witness award!
• At Cornshucker, Maroon competed and received two attorney awards and a witness award!
• At Hamline, Gold won third place, and White received a witness award!
• Our White team got a bid to ORCS at Drake and won a witness award!!!

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The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities’ Undergraduate Mock Trial Association is pleased to host the 17th Annual UMNUMB (University of Minnesota’s Nordic Undergraduate Mock Trial Battle) tournament. UMNUMB is know to be an unprecedentedly strong and fun for a competitive early-season tournament.

UMNUMB will be hosted October 4-6th, 2024. If you are interested in UMNUMB 2024, please email [email protected].  

Each year, The University of Minnesota holds Golden Gavel, a single day mock trial tournament for all the high schools of Minnesota! Our Golden Gavel High School Invitational will be hosted on the UMN campus on Saturday December 13! 

Check back soon for the registration form!

We would like to thank the people that donate to our organization! 

• Robins Kaplan, LLP
• Terzich & Ort., LLP
• Zamansky Professional Association
• Charles Hawkins Law

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