School of Law advocacy program wins three national championships

The University of Georgia School of Law's advocacy program had an outstanding season, completing the 2007-08 academic year with three national titles and four regional/state trophies in addition to numerous individual and team honors.

"To win three national titles in one season is a stupendous feat and confirms that we have one of the best advocacy programs in the country," School of Law Director of Advocacy Kellie Casey Monk said. "In the past 12 years, we have had three seasons where we won three or more national titles. There are not many law schools which can say that."

This year's national championships were won at the Emory National Civil Rights and Liberties Moot Court Competition, the Vanderbilt National First Amendment Competition and the William W. Daniel National Invitational Mock Trial Competition.

Additional national finishes for the School of Law included placing third at the Frederick Douglass National Moot Court Competition and finishing as one of the top eight teams at the National Moot Court Competition and the Dean Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Moot Court Competition.

Regional championship trophies were captured at the Frederick Douglass National Moot Court Competition, the National Trial Competition and the Hulsey-Kimbrell Moot Court Competition.

On the state level, the School of Law swept the 2008 Intrastate Moot Court Competition with two teams from UGA advancing to the final round of the tournament and capturing both the Best Brief and Best Oralist awards. UGA defeated teams from each of the state's law schools in the annual contest.

"Year after year our law school has proven to be a formidable opponent in any mock trial or moot court competition at any level," Casey Monk said. "I am proud of our students for working so hard to further the legacy of our law school's advocacy program. It was truly an amazing season."

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