For the third year in a row, Campbell Law School advocates have won the American College of Bankruptcy (ACB) Fourth Circuit Moot Court Competition.
Third-year students Brandon Brower and Justin Lockett, and second-year student Samantha Richardson competed in the ACB on Feb. 21, 2022. The competition is hosted each year by the Education Committee of the ACB.
The ACB competition this year was held virtually via Zoom with law schools from the Fourth and D.C. Circuits participating. The competition is designed in part to serve as a regional tournament for law school teams competing in the National Duberstein Moot Court Competition hosted by St. John’s University School of Law in New York City.
“Our team competed in three preliminary rounds and later advanced to the championship round this afternoon,” explained Director of Competitive Advocacy Tatiana Terry. “Brower and Lockett argued in the championship round for Campbell Law against students from Howard University School of Law.”
The team was proudly coached by Margaret Westbrook and Anna Osterhout. The team is also set to compete in-person this weekend at Duberstein from Feb. 25 to March 1, 2022. The Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition is widely recognized as one of the nation’s preeminent moot court competitions. The competition promotes and recognizes the finest oral and written advocacy on significant issues in bankruptcy practice.
“The team would like to thank Dean Leonard and the support of the faculty/staff who aid in making opportunities like these possible,” Terry said. “Please join me in congratulating all of these outstanding student advocates for their success, dedication, and hard work in representing Campbell Law! We wish them the best of luck as they prepare to travel to New York this Friday!”
Pam McAfee a prior coach who is an adjunct professor at Campbell Law, was recently appointed as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Westbrook is a partner at K & L Gates, and Osterhout an attorney at Smith Anderson. All three women began their careers as law clerks to Dean Leonard when he was a bankruptcy judge.
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