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October 1999 -- Vol. 28, No. 2

South Texas Students Show Knack for Appellate Work

Students at the South Texas College of Law continue to shine in appellate work, posting yet another victory at the Law Student Division’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) last spring.

First-place team members Kevin G. Cain, Angie E. Coward-Davis, and Twila Grooms continued a South Texas tradition, capturing top honors for the school for the fourth time in five years. The group also took home the award for best brief.

Another South Texas team snagged second place overall in the competition. Team members Brent M. Cordell, Christopher G. King, and Bridgett M. Overlease expressed enthusiasm about their second-place performance and pride that their school occupied the top two spots at the end of the day. The award for best advocate went to S. Tessie Corbin from the Ohio State University College of Law.

NAAC is an annual competition that strives to further communication among students from different law schools and provides a forum for the development of oral and written advocacy skills in the context of appellate practice. Each year, law students research and prepare extensive briefs on a selected legal topic, then argue their issues as they would before an appellate court. The competition judges, actual members of the bench drawn from local communities and circuits, challenge students’ understanding of the legal issues through rigorous examination.

The National Appellate Advocacy Competition is sponsored by the ABA’s Law Student Division in cooperation with the Young Lawyers Division, the Tort and Insurance Practice Section, the Section of Litigation, and the Appellate Judges Conference. •