{"id":350,"date":"2009-03-31T09:36:50","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T13:36:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-02-29T14:42:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T19:42:06","slug":"irish-team-wins-international-environmental-moot-court-competition-at-stetson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2009\/03\/31\/irish-team-wins-international-environmental-moot-court-competition-at-stetson\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Team Wins International Environmental Moot Court Competition at Stetson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Contact Brandi Palmer<br \/>\nManager of Media Relations<br \/>\n727-562-7381<br \/>\npalmer@law.stetson.edu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A team of students from the Law Society of Ireland won the 13th Annual International Environmental Moot Court Competition at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., on March 28.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3865\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"Hi-res version\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3420\/5737100617_c37d45aea2_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3865\" title=\"Irish Team wins Env Moot Court \" src=\"http:\/\/www.law.stetson.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/Irish-Team-wins-Env-Moot-Court-lo-res.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R): Law Society of Ireland team Michelle Cunningham, Best Oralist Carol Eager, Ellie Dunne and Stetson Law Professor Royal Gardner.\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R): Law Society of Ireland team Michelle Cunningham, Best Oralist Carol Eager, Ellie Dunne and Stetson Law Professor Royal Gardner. Click for high-resolution image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Teams from eight countries competed in the international finals at Stetson, traveling to the Tampa Bay campus from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Nepal, Ukraine and the United States. This year&#8217;s winners from the Law Society of Ireland defeated a team from the University of California-Hastings College of Law. Carol Eager of the Law Society of Ireland was named Best Oralist in the international competition.<\/p>\n<p>A team from the Universitas Pelita Harapan in Indonesia won the inaugural Spirit of Stetson Award for outstanding advocacy, and a team from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago received the award for Best Memorial.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This competition is an incredible opportunity for students from all over the world to gather on Stetson&#8217;s campus to hone their skills as international law advocates,&#8221; said Professor Royal C. 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