{"id":30079,"date":"2021-02-18T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=30079"},"modified":"2021-02-18T15:12:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T20:12:03","slug":"students-get-top-honors-at-regional-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/02\/18\/students-get-top-honors-at-regional-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Students get top honors at regional competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stetson Law\u2019s Trial Team competed in the National Trial Competition Region 6 contest Feb. 12-14, and though they fell just two points short of winning, two members claimed Best Opening and Best Overall Advocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Francesca-Naumann-compressed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Francesca-Naumann-compressed-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Francesca Naumann\" class=\"wp-image-30080\" width=\"202\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Francesca-Naumann-compressed-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Francesca-Naumann-compressed-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Francesca-Naumann-compressed-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Francesca-Naumann-compressed-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Francesca-Naumann-compressed.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Francesca Naumann<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are so proud of our advocates,\u201d said Trial Team Coach and Trial Advocacy Adjunct Don Anderson, JD \u201998. \u201cWe swept every ballot every round but lost by two points in the final round.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Team members Francesca Naumann and Molly Goodwill faced Fordham University School of Law, University of Georgia, and Florida State University on the road to the finals, eventually taking on The University of Miami for the regional title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Francesca \u201cFrankie\u201d Naumann won Best Opening despite having just been assigned the role five days prior, and at the awards ceremony they emphasized she had received a perfect score, Anderson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Molly-Goodwill-compressed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Molly-Goodwill-compressed-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30081\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Molly-Goodwill-compressed-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Molly-Goodwill-compressed-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Molly-Goodwill-compressed-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Molly-Goodwill-compressed-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Molly-Goodwill-compressed.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Molly Goodwill<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Molly Goodwill was recognized as Best Overall Advocate for the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each school was also required to recruit four witnesses prepared to testify in any role they were assigned in each of the five rounds. Stetson\u2019s witnesses were Stevin Smith, William Linton, Lauren Cleveland, and Cami DiGiacomo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Trial Competition (NTC) was established in 1975 to encourage and strengthen students\u2019 advocacy skills through quality competition and valuable interaction with members of the bench and bar. The program is co-sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) and is designed to expose law students to the nature of trial practice and to serve as a supplement to their education. The regional contest was held virtually and jointly hosted by the University of Florida Levin College of Law and the Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson Law\u2019s Trial Team competed in the National Trial Competition Region 6 contest Feb. 12-14, and though they fell just two points short of winning, two members claimed Best Opening and Best Overall Advocate. \u201cWe are so proud of our advocates,\u201d said Trial Team Coach and Trial Advocacy Adjunct Don Anderson, JD \u201998. \u201cWe swept [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2001,2019],"tags":[1013],"class_list":["post-30079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life-news","category-featured-campus-life-news","tag-national-trial-competition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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