RALEIGH, N.C. – For the second consecutive year, and third time in the last four years, Campbell Law student advocates collected a national championship title at the prestigious South Texas Mock Trial Challenge. Second-year students Jacob Morse, Dutch Entwistle and Casey Peaden defeated a talented group of student advocates from Stetson Law School on Sunday, April 17 to bring the championship hardware back to Raleigh. Morse earned an oustanding advocate award in the preliminary rounds of the competition and was named the Championship Best Advocate for his impressive performance in the championship finals. This year marks the second year in a row, and the third time overall, that a Campbell Law student has been recognized as the finest advocate in the championship trial.
Morse, Entwistle and Peaden were selected based on their natural talent and academic prowess. Uniquely, all three are full scholarship recipients at Campbell Law; Entwistle is the Cheshire Schneider Advocacy Scholar, Morse is the Leadership Scholar, Casey Peaden is the Public Service Scholar. In their very first year of competition, they combined to form one of the most successful teams in Campbell Law history. No other group of second year students has excelled at a national championship level at Campbell Law.
Campbell Law Assistant Professor & Advocacy Program Director Dan Tilly,
Jacob Morse, Dutch Entwistle and Casey Peaden
Morse, Entwistle and Peaden were coached by 2012 Campbell Law graduate Maria Hawkins of the Triangle Law Group and Campbell Law Assistant Professor and Advocacy Program Director Dan Tilly.
“Jacob, Dutch and Casey proved they are the finest student advocates in the country,” said Tilly. “From the moment they were selected, each worked tirelessly on a singular goal: bringing home another national title. I could not be more proud of them and their accomplishments. It is one thing to practice a trial behind the scenes; it is quite another to do it live in the courtroom in front of a sitting trial judge and opposing counsel. They are outstanding advocates and will be stellar lawyers. I can’t wait to coach them again next year.”
En route to winning the championship title against Stetson, the Campbell Law trio downed competitors from the University of Houston, Texas A&M, Texas Southern, Faulkner, American University and Georgetown. The South Texas Trial Challenge included thirty-two law schools from across the country, including South Carolina, St. John’s, Baylor, Georgia, Penn, Maryland, Cumberland, Florida, Tennessee and SMU.
Hosted by South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas, the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge is one of the preeminent mock trial competitions in the country. As the largest invitational trial competition in America, the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge hosts teams from across the nation. Most competing schools opt to send their very best advocates, many of whom competed at other national competitions this spring.
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