Trial Advocacy Council Member Information

Students in the top third of their class after their first year are invited to participate. With more than 50 council members, the program is currently the largest honors program operating at the law school.

As council members, students administer programs ranging from collegiate-level mediation competitions to hosting interscholastic trial advocacy and alternative dispute resolution competitions.

After one semester of council service, a council member becomes eligible to apply for a position on the Trial Advocacy and Alternative Dispute Resolution Barristers Board if a position becomes available.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Congratulations to William Kalbac and Michael O'Brien, and their coaches, Professors Dawn Bode and Molly Lien, for their 3rd-place finish at the ABA Negotiation Competition National Finals!

Congratulations to Michael Bauer for winning 1st-place and Timothy Reilly for winning 2nd-place, and their coaches, Professors Susann MacLachlan and Timothy O'Neill, at the Animal Law Advocacy Closing Argument Competition!

Congratulations to Ryan Williams, Liz Cocat, and Sean O'Brien, and their coaches, Professors Vicki Peters and Dan Collins, for advancing to the Semifinals of the National Trial Competition!

Congratulations to Regina Calcagno and Anish Parikh, and their coaches, Sheri Mecklenburg and Ron Rascia, for advancing to the Semifinals of the ABA Client Counseling Competition!

Congratulations to Eugene Goryunov, Elizabeth Barton, Daniel Saeedi, and Ann Skrodski, and their coaches, Professors Karen Cross and Kenneth Kandaras, for their finish in the top 32 out of 204 international teams in the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Competition in Vienna, Austria!

Congratulations to Rolonda Mitchell and Bergin Fisniku for finishing 1st and 7th, respectively, in the Outstanding Mediator category, and to Jonathan Arias and Sharon Cannon for finishing 8th in the Attorney-Client Team category of the Seventh Annual International Law School Mediation Competition. Also, congratulations to their coaches: Professor Elizabeth Simon, Ann Battenfield, Danielle Loevy, and Yevgenia Baranov.

Council members - Please check the bulletin board during your office hours to determine if there is any work that needs to be done. Make sure that you make a note of your hours in the white binder by the bulletin board, and have either a board member or Jai sign off on them, so that you can get credit for all hours worked.

The Trial Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Honors Council would like to thank all of you who contributed to and/or participated in our fundraiser for JMLS alum Dominic Salvati. We are pleased to announce that we were able to donate over $1,400.00 to the Salvati family. Thank you all for your amazing generosity! And a special thank you to Morghan Gleason and Nick Courson for organizing this event!

Finally, please remember to RSVP for our annual gala, which is scheduled for next Thursday, the 24th.

That's all for now!