Double Congratulations to the Dispute Resolution Board
Today, we have great news to announce from two different teams competing in two different competitions this past weekend!
First, and thanks to the fantastic coaching of Professor Stephanie Vaughan, Professor Joseph Morrissey, and AST Matthew Ceriale, and for the eighth year in a row, the Stetson Vis team has won the Florida Bar International Law Section Richard DeWitt Memorial Vis International Commercial Arbitration Pre-Moot in Miami. In addition, Flora Patel, our Team Captain for Team Vienna, has won Best Oralist! Here’s a bit of information about this competition:
Every year, members of Stetson University College of Law’s Dispute Resolution Board compete on the world stage, either in Vienna or Hong Kong, at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. This year, Stetson is doing BOTH! We will be among the more than 350 teams representing every region of the world competing in Vienna, as well as the 150-plus teams competing in Hong Kong. To prepare to represent Stetson internationally, the team participates in pre-moot competitions both domestically and internationally. On Saturday, February 8, the first of those competitions took place – the Florida Bar International Law Section Richard DeWitt Memorial Vis International Commercial Arbitration Pre-Moot in Miami. This was a rigorous day of competition, with every one of our advocates participating in four rounds of oral argument. Next weekend, the team will be competing at its second domestic pre-moot, at Harvard Law School!
Congratulations to Adriana Pereira, Andrea Martinez De Toro, Flora Patel (Team Captain for Team Vienna), Corinne Rose, Grayson Ferber, Louis-Alexandre Cabanel, Nicholas Rivas, and Christian Sweeney (Team Captain for Team Hong Kong), and a special thank you to Professors Vaughan and Morrissey and Coach Matt! This was the first time Adriana, Andrea, Grayson, Louis-Alexandre, Nicholas, and Christian have competed for Stetson DR!
But there’s equally great news from our Client Counseling team, which competed in the University of Oklahoma regional this weekend in Norman, Oklahoma. Our team consisted of Kevin Trana, Madi Goff, Paul Castellano, and team captain Hannah MacDonald. Kevin and Hannah are experienced advocates with an excellent competition record, and Madi and Paul were representing Stetson for the first time. The team was coached by wonderful Stetson alumna Emily Bollman, Esq. Every year, the Client Counseling competition has a different topic; this year, it’s Employment Law. After a two-day competition that started with a memo round submitted two weeks ago, Stetson came out #1! Madi and Paul will be representing Stetson in Nationals in just a few short weeks! Congratulations, Hannah, Kevin, Madi, and Paul, and a special thank you to Coach Emily!