RALEIGH – Months removed from competing in the championship finals, Campbell Law School’s advocacy program has been extended an invitation to return to the next National Civil Trial Competition (NCTC). Campbell Law is one of just 16 law schools selected to participate in the 16th-annual competition. Nearly 50 law school advocacy programs from across the country applied for a spot in the prestigious competition.
Scheduled for Oct. 20-22 in Santa Monica, Calif., the competition is sponsored by Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and the Santa Monica law firm Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP.
“We are thrilled to be returning to the National Civil Trial Competition,” said Campbell Law Director of Advocacy & Assistant Professor Dan Tilly. “For sixteen years, Susan Poehls and Loyola-LA School of Law have hosted an elite civil trial competition among elite advocacy schools. Campbell Law is proud to be competing among the very best in the nation.”
In addition to Campbell Law, selected schools include: American University Washington College of Law, Baylor Law School, Chicago Kent College of Law, Drexel University Kline School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Sanford University Cumberland School of Law, South Texas College of Law, Stetson University College of Law, St. Mary’s University School of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law, University of Alabama, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, University of Missouri, Kansas City, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, and the University of San Diego.
The purpose of the NCTC is to provide student litigants an opportunity to develop and display the skills of a successful civil litigator. A total of 16 law schools are invited to compete in the competition. Each school may bring one team of four advocates/witnesses, and each team is guaranteed to participate in at least three full trials. Trials are judged by distinguished members of the Southern California bar, including partners and associates from numerous Los Angeles civil litigation firms. Schools are invited based on the applications submitted.
Last year, recent Campbell Law graduates Jacob Morse, Dutch Entwistle, and Casey Peaden placed second overall in the championship finals, with Morse being named best advocate in the championship finals.