From left, third-year students Sylvia St. Clair, George Lepeniotis and Maggie Chappo will compete on one of the two teams representing IIT Chicago-Kent at the fourth annual National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition.

Two teams from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law will represent the law school in defense of its 2011 and 2012 championships in the fourth annual National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition. The tournament, sponsored by DePaul University College of Law and the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, will be held February 22 and 23 at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago.

The students will argue Chaco Nation of the Chaco Indian Reservation, DePaulia v. Edward Williamson, a hypothetical case involving the disposition of human remains and interpretations of the Native American Graves Protection Act and Fifth Amendment “takings.”

From left, second-year students Dustin Karrison, Daisy Ayllon and Alex Stephens will compete on the other team representing IIT Chicago-Kent at the fourth annual National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition.

Team member Maggie Chappo earned a degree in secondary social studies education at Purdue University. Teammate George Lepeniotis completed his undergraduate education in English at Andrews University. Teammate Sylvia St. Clair graduated from DePaul University with a bachelor of arts degree with a focus in legal studies.

Team member Daisy Ayllon completed her undergraduate education at Villanova University with a major in communication and minors in Spanish literature and English literature. Teammate Dustin Karrison earned an accounting degree at Illinois State University. Teammate Alex Stephens graduated from DePaul University with a major in political science and a minor in economics.