Congratulations to the 16 competitors who have advanced out of the qualifying round into the elimination round. The competition was strong and each of these competitors demonstrated substantial written and oral advocacy skills to earn their place in the elimination round. 

• Daniel Barlava
• Natalie Cha
• Scott Ferron
• Ernesto Hernandez
• Lear Jiang
• Rebecca Katz
• Brendan Krimsky
• Nicole Masiello
• Jordan Murov-Goodman
• Jeremy Patashnik
• Allison Pearl
• Tory Roberts
• Christian Ronald
• Hilary Rosenthal
• Nicole Walsh
• Jing Wang

Congratulations to our semifinalists and best of luck as they prepare for the semi-finals in February 2019!