Law School Digest University of Richmond School of Law 3L Matt Pangle was the third con-secutive Richmond Law student to win the Virginia Pangle State Bar’s Intellectual Property Section Student Writing Competition in September with a paper titled “The Last Laugh: A Case Study in Copyright of Comedy and the Virtual Identity Standard.” Third-year Catherine Schroeder of the University of Richmond School of Law was recognized with the Best Opening Argument Award when her team competed in the semi-finals for Golden Gate University’s Professor Bernie Segal National Criminal Mock Trial Competition. Students from Richmond Law ’s Law Review hosted a CLE and symposium on the Stonewall Riots, while students in the Public Interest Law Review hosted a CLE and symposium on restorative justice, both to sold-out crowds. Rachel Barnes ’21, a J.D.-MBA candidate at the University of Virginia School of Law , was elevat-ed to national chair of the National Black Law Students Association. Third-year students Henry Dickman and Megan Mers won the 91st William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition at the University of Virginia School of Law . University of Virginia School of Law third-year students Justin Aimonetti and Christian Talley won the Stanford Law Review’s inaugural student essay competition with “Game Changer: Why and How Congress Should Preempt State Student-Athlete Compensation Regimes.” (l–r): Mers and Dickman Kunchok Dolma, a first-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law , won a New York Emmy for a civic education video pro-duced by We Speak NYC. Dolma Regent’s Trial Advocacy board and mock trial attendees In January, Regent University School of Law ’s Trial Advocacy Board hosted the Virginia Beach Legal Studies Academy from First Colonial High School for a two-day Mock Trial Challenge. Regent’s Trial Advocacy team introduced them to the law school setting and coached them in preparation for their mock trial district competition. Brianna Pine, a 3L student at Washington & Lee University School of Law and student attorney in the Tax Clinic, won first place Pine in a recent tax advocacy contest sponsored by the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic grant program. Pine created an educational video using animation and a voice recording that explains tax forms and tips to the public. Pine was recognized at the annual grant conference in December in Washington, D.C. Samanta Martinez-Villarreal, a 3L at George Mason University Law School , spent the fall semes-ter as an immigration litiga-Martinez-tion student representative Villarreal for the Legal Aid Justice Center in Falls Church, representing clients in removal and bond proceedings at the Arlington Immigration Court. (l–r): Camilo Navas Cuervo, Professor Camilo Sánchez, and Uiko Murakami Barnes Students with the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law helped orga-nize a conference in Washington, D.C., that brought experts together to discuss reforms. (l–r): Mills, Cain, Cheema, and Kaloyeropoulou (l–r): Griffin Peeples, David Rubin, Elizabeth Donald, Benjamin Kramer, and Colin Giuseppe Cox A team of University of Virginia School of Law students won the International and European Tax Moot Court for the second straight year. UVA is the only U.S. school to win the competition. University of Virginia School of Law third-year students Molly Cain, Manal Cheema, Eleanora Kaloyeropoulou, and Read Mills received this year’s Mary Claiborne and Roy H. Ritter Prizes, given to students who best exemplify the qualities of honor, character and integrity. www.vsb.org Vol. 68 | February 2020 | VIRGINIA LAWYER 59