RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell Law School’s advocacy program is one of just 16 selected to participate in this year’s 14th-annual National Civil Trial Competition (NCTC) in Los Angeles, California. More than 50 law school advocacy programs applied for a spot in the prestigious competition.
Scheduled for November 15-17, the competition is sponsored by Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and the Santa Monica law firm Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP.
“We are honored to have been invited to the prestigious National Civil Trial Competition and to have the opportunity to compete against the very best advocacy schools in the country,” said Director of Advocacy & Assistant Professor of Law Dan Tilly. “NCTC offers aspiring lawyers an experiential civil trial opportunity that is simply unmatched. The trial advocacy program at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles continues to set the mark for training young lawyers.”
In addition to Campbell Law, selected schools include: American University Washington College of Law, Baylor Law School, Chicago Kent College of Law, Duquesne University School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, Stetson University College of Law, Suffolk University Law School, Syracuse University College of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, University of Akron School of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, and Washington University, St. Louis.
The competition involves 64 law student litigants representing their respective schools on teams of four. The students will act as advocates/witnesses to perform opening statements, conduct direct-and-cross examination of expert and lay witnesses, make closing arguments, and argue objections based on the Federal Rules of Evidence. Each team will argue their case in front of a panel of judges consisting of prestigious members of the Southern California Bar.
Campbell Law’s historically strong advocacy program has enjoyed heightened national success in recent years. Last year Campbell Law finished as the national runner up at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s Tournament of Champions, collected the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge national championship for the second time in three years, and student advocates have placed in top four at the Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition twice since 2013.
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