{"id":374,"date":"2009-08-18T11:55:20","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T11:55:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-02-29T14:23:45","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T19:23:45","slug":"moot-court-wins-first-and-second-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2009\/08\/18\/moot-court-wins-first-and-second-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Moot Court Wins First and Second Place"},"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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3815\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"Hi-res version\" href=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5106\/5737672610_72dcf06d7c_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3815\" title=\"Moot Court Wins 1st and 2nd Place\" src=\"http:\/\/www.law.stetson.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Moot-Court-Wins-1st-and-2nd-lo-res.jpg\" alt=\"Moot Court Wins 1st and 2nd Place\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R): Moot Court Advisor Professor Stephanie Vaughan, student Kristen Chittenden, team coaches Professor Michael Allen, Nancy Meyer, Jennifer Kennedy, students Brice Zoecklein, Joseph Herbert, Amie Patty, Derrick Connell and Pamela Vergara. Click for high-resolution image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stetson University College of Law began the academic year by winning first and second place in the E. Earle Zehmer Workers&#8217; Compensation Moot Court Competition in Orlando, Fla., Aug. 16-17.<\/p>\n<p><span><span>Two teams of Stetson students advanced to compete against each other in the final round, beating a dozen teams from other law schools around the country. This is the second consecutive year that Stetson Law has won the competition, sponsored by the Workers Compensation Section of the Florida Bar. The winning Stetson team of Derrick Connell, Amie Patty and brief writer Pamela Vergara narrowly defeated the Stetson team of Joseph Herbert, Brice Zoecklein and brief writer Kristen Chittenden, who came in second place. 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