Judges for the UND
School of Law Carrigan
Cup internal trial
competition this spring
included Interim UND
President Ed Schafer.
Pictured from left
are Shawn Peterson,
President Schafer,
Sam Rankin, Melissa
Bucholz, John
Bjorklund, and Adam
Bothun.
decision, 2-1, in favor of the other team (which ended up advancing
to the national finals), and the close decisions demonstrate the strong
showing by these students.
The “white” team faced Kansas in the third round and won by a
large margin of points. The UND “green” team, made up of John
Heidenreich, Brandt Doerr, and Chris Nelson, faced the University
of Minnesota and Drake in rounds one and two. The University of
Minnesota is a strong contender and had several returning members
from last year’s national qualifying team. Here, too, the UND team
fell in a narrow, 2-1 split decision. The second round trial against
Drake was equally as close and also resulted in a 2-1 split decision.
In the third round, the “green” team took on the University of South
Dakota. In an anomalous outcome, the UND team fell 2-1 but had
more overall points than the South Dakota team. In short, the results
for both teams in the preliminary rounds were, once again, proof that
our students are among the best in the region. Credit also goes to
the excellent efforts of the Trial Team’s coaches, Joseph Parise, Lori
Conroy, and Elizabeth Alvine.
At the Phi Alpha Delta Mock Trial Competition in Washington,
D.C., the School of Law’s P.A.D. Corliss Chapter sent a first-year
team, Jon Cantrell, Jenna Bergman, Allyssa Wall, and Michael Kustra,
ably coached by Sharon Lo and Ashley Hinds. The Corliss Chapter
team brought home the competition’s first-ever Best Fraternalism
award for courage, integrity, compassion, and professionalism.
We are justifiably proud of all of these students, and we continue to
work to make skills instruction part of every student’s educational
experience at UND School of Law. Again, thank you to all of the
judges and lawyers who provide invaluable assistance in serving as
coaches, judges, and mentors to our students!
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