Campbell Law teams reach finals in 2025 ABA Client Counseling Competition Regionals

Photo of winning 2025 ABA Client Counseling regionals team members

RALEIGH – Campbell Law School advocates made it to the finals in yet another regional championship this time at 2025 American Bar Association (ABA) Regional Client Counseling Competition in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, over the weekend, Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced.

Both Campbell teams and one team from Stetson made it into the finals. 

Third-year students Kendall Barbour and Dakhari Davis were proudly coached by Grace Massarelli ’21. The team finished second and will find out after this coming weekend’s regional competition if they will move on to nationals, explained Director of Competitive Advocacy René Shekmer. Nationals will be held March 15-16, 2025.

Third-year students Hannah Brown and Sara Wilder Bryant, who finished third, were proudly coached by Skylar Gallagher ‘19. 

The ABA Client Counseling competition addresses fundamental skills necessary for all successful attorneys, namely the ability to interview, counsel, and support a client through their legal issue. Competitors conduct an initial interview with a person playing the role of the client and then address both the client’s legal and non-legal needs. This year’s topic was Employment Law.
 
Students are called on to explain various aspects of the attorney-client relationship, build rapport, determine client goals and consider applicable law and options that may be available to the client. While conducting the interview with the client, competitors are being observed by three judges that score the competitors at the end of the interview.  
 

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