Congratulations to the Marquette National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) team! On Saturday, our students distinguished themselves at the Boston regional NAAC competition. Stephen Boyett, Carrie Devitt, and Jessie Franklin won each of their five rounds of competition, and they will be advancing to the National Finals in April. Elizabeth Champeau and Thomas Worsfold advanced to the semifinal round. The students also distinguished themselves in obtaining high scores on their briefs.
Approximately 190 teams entered the competition and are participating in six regional competitions. Only the top four teams from each regional round advance to the National Finals in Chicago.
Both teams have worked hard to prepare for competition. The students put many hours into preparing their briefs and oral arguments. We appreciate the assistance that many local practitioners and law faculty gave us in preparing for the oral arguments. We are especially grateful to Attorney Michael Cerjak, a 2008 law alum and former NAAC competitor, who organized and attended numerous practice rounds. Michael surprised the team by flying out for the final rounds on Saturday.
Congratulations, Team! I’m proud of you!!
Congratulations, teams! All your hard work paid off! Good luck in the finals!
Congratulations on a terrific showing in Boston and for representing Marquette well. Now on to the finals!
Way to go!! Best of luck to all (especially to Steve ). From Melissa’s father -in-law.
I hope all of you are proud of your successful performance. Break a leg (or two) in Chicago!!!
Fantastic! I’m so proud I could cry! 🙂 That’s wonderful news, for all of you, for your terrific advisor, for the moot court program, and for the school. On to Chicago!!
Bravo!
I’ve had the pleasure of hearing this team practice oral argument, and I’m glad that others have realized how fantastic they are!
Go Warri … Golden Eagles !!! I judged what I think was one of the later practice rounds and am not suprised. It was hard work to find things to criticize.
Congrats on a great accomplishment. I always felt playing devil’s advocate would pay off for you. We could not be prouder for you and your team. Good luck in Chicago! From Steve’s Mom & Dad