{"id":76755,"date":"2025-05-16T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/?p=76755"},"modified":"2025-05-15T22:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:04:48","slug":"congratulations-to-the-participants-in-the-gunn-appellate-practice-first-year-appellate-advocacy-competition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/congratulations-to-the-participants-in-the-gunn-appellate-practice-first-year-appellate-advocacy-competition-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the Participants in the Gunn Appellate Practice First-Year Appellate Advocacy Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to the participants in, and the winners of, the Spring 2025 Gunn Appellate Practice First-Year Appellate Advocacy Competition. This semester\u2019s competition was split over two nights (Wednesday and Thursday), and the competition was held on Zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join me in congratulating all the students on their hard work and extraordinary performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Best Oralist: <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br>Wednesday:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Emily Payne<br>Thursday:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tied for Best Oralist\u2014Savannah DeLo and Kaitlyn Stroud<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Runner-up Best Oralist<\/em>:<\/strong><br>Wednesday: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mckenzie Colavecchio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Third Place<\/em>:<\/strong><br>Wednesday:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tejal Ram<br>Thursday:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Caroline Callahan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Participants and Round Winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Round 1:\u00a0 Amanda Gershen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round 2\u00a0\u00a0 Nicholas Bragg v. Mckenzie Colavecchio (round winner)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round 3:\u00a0 Erika Leeper v. Emily Payne (round winner)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round 4:\u00a0 Jordan Spira (round winner) v. Emma Vis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round 5:\u00a0 Tejal Ram (round winner) v. Allison Brooke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Round 1:\u00a0 Madison Vincitore (round winner) v. Sierra Shellabarger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round 2:\u00a0 Caroline Callahan (round winner) v. Michael Carastro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round 3:\u00a0 Beliz Esen (round winner) v. Jacob Weber<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round 4:\u00a0 Trenton Hollis v. Jessie Biarnes (round winner)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round 5:\u00a0 Savannah DeLo (co-round winner) v. Kaitlyn Stroud (co-round winner)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round 6: \u00a0Jack Clark v. Briana Bohn (round winner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The First-Year Appellate Advocacy Competition has been an R&amp;W II tradition for close to 25 years, if not more, and this spring\u2019s competition would not have been possible without the support of our competition sponsor, Tracy Gunn.&nbsp; Tracy is a 1993 graduate of the College of Law, is a member of our Board of Overseers, and has an appellate practice firm in Tampa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A special thanks goes to the judges who shared their time and expertise with the students. On Wednesday evening, thank you to Evan Dix (chief judge), John D. Arnett, and Hoyt Prindle, III. And on Thursday evening, thank you to Jeremy Bailie (chief judge), Caitlein Jammo, and Professor Feeley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After rounds of arguments in which the judges were asking up to 15 or 16 questions in a 10-minute argument, the judges spent time providing feedback and advice.\u00a0 But bottom line, the judges were very impressed with all the arguments. This elite group of students took an opportunity to continue to develop their advocacy skills by participating in a competition held, for some, a month after their last oral argument. (And after their final exams.)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, everyone!<br>Professor Bowman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the participants in, and the winners of, the Spring 2025 Gunn Appellate Practice First-Year Appellate Advocacy Competition. 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