{"id":22856,"date":"2017-03-13T10:42:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T14:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=22856"},"modified":"2017-03-13T10:42:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T14:42:32","slug":"stetson-trial-team-wins-regional-advances-american-association-justice-national-competition-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2017\/03\/13\/stetson-trial-team-wins-regional-advances-american-association-justice-national-competition-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Stetson Trial Team wins regional, advances to American Association for Justice national competition in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson University College of Law\u2019s Trial Team won the regional qualifying round of the American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition March 9-12 in Miami, Florida. Stetson students head to the national AAJ competition in Cleveland, Ohio, in April.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22858\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/FullSizeRender.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/FullSizeRender-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R): Ethan Dunn, Chris Hallett, Amara Benitez, Christian Romaguera, two competition officials, Joseph Sise, Colby Connell, Kaitlyn Dugas and Haley Coet.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R): Ethan Dunn, Christopher Hallett, Amara Benitez, Christian Romaguera, with two competition officials (center), Joseph Sise, Colby Connell, Kaitlyn Dugas and Haley Coet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stetson sent two teams of students to the regional competition in Miami who both advanced to the final round, beating all the other law schools to compete against each other.<\/p>\n<p>Stetson\u2019s team of Amara Benitez, Ethan Dunn, Christopher Hallett and Christian Romaguera beat the other Stetson team of Haley Coet, Colby Connell, Kaitlyn Dugas and Joseph Sise in the final round of the AAJ regional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI watched the Stetson students encourage, challenge, and educate one another over the course of this competition,\u201d said Professor of Excellence in Trial Advocacy Charles Rose III, who traveled with the teams. \u201cThis was truly a win for both teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stetson\u2019s Center for Excellence in Advocacy Assistant Director Erika McArdle J.D. \u201912 and Patrick McArdle J.D. \u201912 co-coached the teams.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about advocacy at Stetson visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/advocacy\">www.stetson.edu\/law\/advocacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson University College of Law\u2019s Trial Team won the regional qualifying round of the American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition March 9-12 in Miami, Florida. 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