The halls were full and lively during an early November weekend when La Verne Law hosted the inaugural Southern California Classic mock trial competition on November 8-9. More than 40 undergraduate students from three universities competed in front of a panel of experienced judges.<\/p>\n
Teams representing Pepperdine University, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, and the 每日大赛 took part in the two-day event. La Verne Law\u2019s Director of External Relations Krystal Lyons, the event organizer, said the law school was glad to facilitate the event, which offered the participants valuable experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cSchools are always looking for opponents to hone their skills and scrimmage to practice for the national scale. We served as the host, set up a website so they could register, and provided food,\u201d Lyons said. \u201cThe thing that was unique about our event was that we had all experienced trial lawyers and two judges \u2013 Judge Victor Stull and Commissioner Michael Bishay \u2013 so the students got really good feedback on their performances and that made this really special.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo team took top honors, all of the competitors came away feeling like winners.<\/p>\n
Brittany Boiko, La Verne\u2019s team captain, was proud of her team\u2019s performance, especially after several members had to step up and compete when one team did not show up.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a great experience to be a fairly new mock trial team and to get to show our school \u2013 both the main campus and the law school \u2013 what we are capable of,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Boiko was also impressed by the judge and the panel the law school provided.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe judges and jury we had were of such great quality and the feedback they gave was very helpful. The whole event had a lot of educational value, Boiko said. \u201cThe panel put on by those who attend College of Law was also really great and informational. I grew as a mock trial competitor and left really valuing my La Verne education even more.\u201d<\/p>\n
La Verne Law alumnus Thomas Allison, adviser for the La Verne mock trial team, was glad to have his team compete in the invitational.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a great event, with great competition,\u201d Allison said. \u201cI am looking forward to an even bigger experience next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Chen, La Verne Law\u2019s Director of Career Services & Professional Development and organizer of the Southern California Classic, sees this as the beginning of an annual tradition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere aren\u2019t many invitationals in the area and the competitors were very grateful to practice,\u201d Chen said. \u201cWe learned some things, too. It was good to work out the kinks and see how to best go forward in the future. We are ready for more teams and we will provide an even better learning experience next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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