{"id":6568,"date":"2011-10-19T16:35:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T20:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.law.stetson.edu\/news\/?p=6568"},"modified":"2012-02-23T13:19:36","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T18:19:36","slug":"students-win-brief-award-at-the-national-veterans-law-moot-court-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2011\/10\/19\/students-win-brief-award-at-the-national-veterans-law-moot-court-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Students win best brief award at the National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson Law students Diana Evans and John Henley, coached by Professor Michael Allen, won the <em>Best Petitioner\u2019s Brief Award <\/em>at the <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.law.gwu.edu\/stdg\/mootct\/Moot_Court_Board\/Competitions_-_Veterans_Law.html\" target=\"_BLANK\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\">National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition<\/a>, in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15-16. Evans also tied for the <em>Best Oralist Award<\/em> at the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is hosted by the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Bar Association and the George Washington Law School.\u00a0 During the final round, the students argued in front of the actual judges of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.<\/p>\n<p>Stetson&#8217;s award-winning\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.stetson.edu\/academics\/advocacy\/moot\/\" target=\"_blank\">Moot Court Board <\/a>competes year-round\u00a0in interscholastic competitions\u00a0across the U.S.\u00a0and around the world. Competitions cover a wide variety of legal fields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson Law students Diana Evans and John Henley, coached by Professor Michael Allen, won the Best Petitioner\u2019s Brief Award at the National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition, in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15-16. Evans also tied for the Best Oralist Award at the competition. 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