We just concluded our own version of March Madness at the law school. On Monday, Andrew Hull won the 1L tournament against stiff competition provided by Barrett Luxhoj, Daniel Vaughn and Melanie Remington. Congratulations to all!
Congratulations, too, to our interscholastic moot court teams who completed another successful year in the last few weeks. Here are some highlights:
- Billings, Exum, & Frye National Competition at Elon University School of Law: Best Brief Award (out of 31 teams) and Second Place. Competitors included UVA, Duke, UNC, and others. Congratulations Matt Roche, Amy Labzentis, and Linh Flores!
- Spong Competition at the College of William & Mary: Third Place overall and Jonathan Young was named Best Oralist (out of 21 teams and 47 oralists). Congratulations Jamie Barton, Jonathan Young, and Annalise Lang!
- ABA Regional Tournament in Brooklyn, NY: Lost in final round to Duke, the overall national champion. Out of 39 teams competing and over 100 oralists, Tristen Cramer won the award as the 5th Best Oralist in the tournament. Congratulations Daniel Hebda, Tristen Cramer, and Megan Herwald! Congratulations, too, to Kawika Vellalos for being named the 10th Best Oralist in the tournament.
I am very proud of our students--and I would put our moot court program up against any in the country. Our students compete at the highest level and do so to bring glory to God.
By the way, not to be outdone, a team of Regent Law students competed in a more traditional form of March Madness—a basketball tournament! Lest you think that Regent Law students are all brain and no brawn, I am proud to announce that Regent Law won the championship at the 2011 Norfolk State University Extramural Basketball Tournament. They defeated Virginia State University 70-65 in the finals. Congratulations Marques Goetsch, Cameron Jones, Matthew Morris, Joshua Fan, Kelle Hein, Carlton Priester, Jake Warner, Dan Ostrem, and Jonny Finch!
